Is Jai Shri Ram to be chanted in Pak, asks Shah

May 07, 2019 18:57

Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is not allowing people to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' in the state, and wondered if the Lord's name cannot be taken in India, will it be uttered in Pakistan.

Shah also dared Banerjee to arrest him for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' at the multiple election rallies he addressed in the state on Tuesday.

"Lord Ram is a part of the culture of India... Can anybody stop people from taking his name? I want to ask Mamata didi, if Shri Ram's name is not taken in India, will it be chanted in Pakistan?" he said.

"I want to tell Mamata didi that this is West Bengal and not Pakistan... I am going to Kolkata from here (Bishnupur), put me in jail if you have the guts," the BJP chief said.

He addressed rallies in Ghatal, Keshiari and Bishnupur in West Bengal.

Shah claimed that Banerjee had stopped her car a few days ago to tell people that they will be put in jail if they chant the name of Lord Ram.

A video had appeared in 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.

Shah said he has come to know that the CM has cancelled permission for two rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the state -- one at Purulia and the other at Bankura -- scheduled for Thursday.

"Can you (Banerjee) prevent your defeat in this manner?" he asked.

On Modi invoking the Bofors scandal, the BJP president wondered if reminding people what had happened was tantamount to insulting former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

"What wrong has PM Narendra Modi done by saying that the Bofors scam happened during Rajiv Gandhi's tenure... Rahul baba says his father has been insulted. Is it an insult to be reminded of what had happened?" Shah said. -- PTI

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