BJP hits out at Mamata; asks if it's criminal to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'

On Thursday, a video went viral showing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee losing her cool over some men shouting 'Jai Shri Ram' as her motorcade passed through Bhatpara area of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

Kolkata (West Bengal):Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over losing her temper on a group of men chanting 'Jai Shri Ram', the Bharatiya Janta Party on Friday asked the Trinamool Congress supremo if it was a crime in Bengal to call out the Hindu god's name.

"She doesn't get angry at Bangladeshi infiltrators, Rohingyas, murderers, and rapists. But she gets angry at young men who chant 'Jai Shri Ram'. Is chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' a crime in Bengal?," asked BJP national general secretary and Bengal minder Kailash Vijayvargiya said.

Dilip Ghosh, BJP's Bengal unit president also took a dig at the Trinamool Congress supremo saying that the more she protests the chant, the more public support will she would lose in the state.

"It seems she can't digest her party's result in Lok Sabha polls and has lost her cool," Ghosh said.

On Thursday, a video went viral showing Banerjee losing her cool over some men shouting 'Jai Shri Ram' as her motorcade passed through Bhatpara area of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

An infuriated Banerjee could be seen coming out of her vehicle and asking her security officials to note down the name of the men.

"What do you think of yourself? You will come from other states, stay here and abuse us? I will not tolerate this. How dare you all abuse me? All of your names and details will be noted down," she could be heard saying in the video.

After she got back into her car, the men again chanted "Jai Shri Ram", prompting her to disembark from the vehicle once more.

Later, addressing a protest programme at Naihati, Banerjee said some BJP workers came in front of her car and abused her verbally.

"Is this democracy," she asked.

Bhatpara had witnessed violence between BJP and TMC workers after Lok Sabha poll results were declared on May 23.
The area is a stronghold of the newly elected MP Arjun Singh, who had defected to the saffron party from TMC weeks before the Lok Sabha election. Singh defeated TMC's Dinesh Trivedi.