Team News Riveting
Kolkata, April 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi bashed Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for branding BJP leaders as “outsiders” (Bohirgato) and said it is an insult to the inclusive ideology of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and principles of the Indian Constitution.
Addressing an election rally at Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district, Modi said that that Bengals “Bhumiputra” (son of the soil) would take over as the chief Minister after the BJP was voted to power on May 2. No Indian is an “outsider” in the state, he added.
“When the British tried to divide us, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose said – India is one, and the hopes and aspirations of every Indian are the same. Today, there is a lot of pain when instead of propagating the ideology of Netaji, TMC and Mamata Didi are talking about Bohirgato,” the Prime Minister said.
Didi is talking about outsiders. “We are all children of Mother India. No Indian is an outsider here. When BJP forms the government after May 2, a son of the soil will become the chief minister,” he said.
Referring to some TMC leaders’ claim that Mamata might contest elections from his Lok Sabha seat Varanasi in 2024, Modi mocked and said that endorsed Didi had accepted her defeat.
“Didi is now looking for a place for herself outside Bengal. The people of Varanasi and Uttar Pradesh are as large-hearted as the people of Bengal. They won’t call her an outsider,” he said sarcastically.
