"We are sure that Mamataji won't join us (NDA), we have no confusion about it nor have we any apprehension about it," Modi said at an interview with news channel ABP Ananda.
He said this when asked whether his attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was a fallout of BJP's failure to bring her party Trinamool Congress to NDA-fold.
"Mamataji has got sufficient time to bring Bengal out of the mess created by the Left. But there are no such symptoms. So more than anger, I am disappointed with Mamataji," he said.
At a rally earlier this month in Siliguri, Modi had launched a scathing attack on Banerjee for allegedly indulging in votebank politics, drawing a sharp retort from Trinamool Congress which alleged he had 'blood on his hands'.
On whether there should be a CBI inquiry into the Saradha chit fund scam, Modi said "Look, in this chit fund scam, a lot of poor people have lost their money. There were a few people who even went to the verge of committing suicide.
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