PM slams Mamata for calling BJP netas outsiders

March 24, 2021 14:14

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Contai on Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for terming his party leaders outsiders.

Taking on Mamata, who has made Bengalis versus outsiders an issue during these elections, PM Modi at a public rally in recited Rabindra Nath Tagore's Vande Mataram.

"The very Bengal from where Gurudev weaved every Indian in one garland and gave us - Punjab Sindh Gujarat Maratha Dravida Utkal Banga, Bindhya Himachal Yamuna Ganga Utkal Jaldhi tarang, in same Bengal, Didi is talking about Indians being outsiders," said the PM while responding to TMC chief's outsider jibe at BJP leaders.

Mamata Banerjee had taken pot-shots at the BJP leadership for sending its leaders from other states to West Bengal to strategise in the elections.

"In India, not a single Indian is an outsider. All of them are children of Mother India. The Bengal that has given Vande Matram to the country and tied all of us together, in the same Bengal Mamata Didi is speaking about Bohiragoto," added the PM.

He also recalled that the state is a land of Bankim Chandra, Rabindra Thakur, Subhash Chandra Bose, Mata Hajra, Syama Prasad Mookerjee who are children of the soil.

The PM also slammed the Chief Minister for terming BJP leaders tourists.

-- ANI

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