West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi hours after his attack on her by saying that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) will remain in power in Bengal and “parivartan” (change) will take place at the Centre.
Addressing a TMC rally at Siliguri in north Bengal, the Chief Minister also accused Modi of coming to Bengal only to resort to “falsehood and smear campaign”.
“You will never be able to bring ‘parivartan’ in Bengal. The TMC will remain in power in Bengal. But there will be ‘parivartan’ at the Centre,” said Banerjee, adding that the BJP will “draw a blank” in the Assembly elections in all the poll-bound states.
The TMC supremo said that before coming to the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata to make baseless allegations against her party and her government, the Prime Minister should answer the people on the rising LPG and fuel prices.
Accusing the Prime Minister of making “false promises”, Banerjee said that he was trying to mislead voters with falsehood and people will not be fooled by him every time.
“How can he (Modi) lie so much? At least have some respect for the Prime Minister’s post...You are always making false promises. People will not be fooled for long. You should be ashamed of your lies. We demand that you make LPG prices reasonable again,” said Banerjee.
“The people of Bengal will not forgive him,” she added.
Launching a fresh attack on PM Modi, Banerjee said that when the Covid-19 cases were rising in the country, he got scared and was sitting at home while she was on the streets, inspecting hospitals and helping people.
“Now they are putting big photos of the Prime Minister on Covid-19 vaccination cards. These are all jumlas,” said Banerjee.
She further alleged that the Centre was selling Air India, Indian Railways and Coal India and also added that there was corruption in the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
“Before elections, Modi shows Ujjwala and after elections, there is nothing but jumla from him,” she said.