West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is suffering from 'haratanka', a phobia of losing elections and is trying to win in the state by dividing the people on communal lines.
Modi is merely repeating words told to him by party cadres and is not cross checking the facts about Bengal, she said.
"He(Modi) knows that he will lose the elections and that is why his face has turned pale. He is now suffering from 'haratanka' and is uttering nonsense everyday thinking about losing in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, New Delhi, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha and others," she said at a rally held at Panighata in support of party candidate for Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency Mohua Moitra.
"I do not mind if BJP wins in Tripura but that will not give him (Modi) 543 seats. That is the reason he is roaming around in Bengal hoping to get votes by dividing people along Hindu-Muslim lines," Banerjee said.
"Do you know why is he (Modi) roaming in West Bengal ? It's because the RSS has advised him to keep Mamata Banerjee under control. There is nobody who speaks against him other than Mamata," the combative TMC chief said.
Describing the ongoing Lok Sabha elections as a test for Modi and not for her, Banerjee said that it was not for him to question what she has done for West Bengal in the last five years. "It's my turn to ask him (Modi) about his achievements for the country during the last five years ... And if I have not done anything for the state then the people will demand answers from me."
Keeping up her attack against the prime minister, Banerjee said "For four and half year you (Modi) have roamed around the world. You (Modi) have done nothing other than lynching the common people in the name of gau raksha."
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