Mamata slams Adityanath for his 'goli vs boli' remark

Slamming her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath for his recent "goli vs boli" remark, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said India was facing a "dangerous situation" as persons holding constitutional positions were busy spreading hate.

She also claimed that the BJP indulged in communal politics, as and when elections were around.

"How can he (the CM of UP) say 'Boli se nahi manega toh goli chala do'? I have never heard such remarks before. A Union minister (Anurag Thakur) has also said something similar. They are just indulging in hatred politics.

"The country is going through a dangerous situation," the chief minister told reporters at the state secretariat.

Adityanath courted a controversy during a rally in Delhi, saying those who attack Kanwariyas (devotees of Lord Shiva) will have to face police bullets.

Delhi goes to polls on February 8.

'Boli se nahi maanega to goli se maan hi jaayega' [if they do not listen to reason, they will surely understand the language of the bullet], he had stated, days after Thakur had said 'Desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro' (shoot the traitors).

"Voters in Delhi are about to exercise their franchise, and with no agenda left, they (BJP) are playing the communal card. I am not sure why they would do this... They could have used the development card or for that matter the economic or humanity card," Banerjee added.