Ghatal: The 'Jai Shri Ram' war between BJP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee continues as BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday accused Mamata Banerjee of not allowing people to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' in the state. He was addressing an election rally at Ghatal in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal.
"Lord Ram is a part of the Indian culture. Can anybody stop people from taking his name? I want to ask Didi if Shri Ram's name is not taken in India, will it be chanted in Pakistan?" Shah said.
The debate over the matter started when a video appeared on the social media that showed Banerjee stopping her car at a place in West Midnapore district on Saturday, and chasing some persons who chanted 'Jai Shri Ram' as her carcade was crossing the area.
Speaking at an election rally here, he said that polls in West Bengal are for restoring democracy in the state where the party will win "more than 23 seats" out of the total 42 Lok Sabha seats.
"Narendra Modi government has given Rs 4,24,800 crore to West Bengal in its five-year tenure, but it has not reached the people, instead, gone to the syndicates," he claimed.
At another election meeting at Keshiari in Paschim Medinipur district, Shah said, "There is no wrong in reminding people of the Bofors scam happened during Rajiv Gandhi's tenure."
The BJP president was referring to Modi's recent remarks at a rally in Uttar Pradesh, where he said that Rajiv Gandhi's life ended as corrupt no. 1. "Rahul baba says his father has been insulted. Is it an insult to be reminded of what had happened?" he asked the crowd.
Shah also questioned Rahul Gandhi whether or not the Bofors scandal, the Bhopal gas tragedy, blunder of sending the peacekeeping force to Sri Lanka or the massacre of Kashmiri pandits happen during his father's tenure as prime minister from 1984 to 1989.
He also claimed that the Congress and its partners in the 'Mahagathbandhan' have abused Modi on "51 different occasions". The BJP chief reiterated his party's resolve to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal to flush out illegal migrants from Bangladesh during his election rallies.
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