File photo of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Union Minister Amit Shah. (PTI)
“We are going to file a legal case against Amit Shah for his violent remarks. As Home Minister, he cannot make such comments,” Mamata told while addressing a rally in Hooghly on Saturday.
The CM’s remark was in response to Amit Shah’s threat to TMC workers during the first phase of polling in the state. The first phase of polling was held across 152 constituencies on Thursday, witnessing a massive turnout of 92.35 per cent.
“What kind of language is a Home Minister using? To say you will hang people upside down post-election is unacceptable. With this mindset, you will never win Bengal–never!” Mamata said, according to ANI.
What Amit Shah said?
In a post on X, Shah , warned the ‘goons’ of CM Mamata Banerjee not to come out in the second phase of polling.
“Main gundo ko bolta hoon, doosre phase mein bhi bahar mat aana, warna ulta latka kar seedha kar dunga (I tell the goons, don’t come out in the second phase either, or else I’ll hang you upside down and straighten you),” he wrote on X.
Shah also claimed that the BJP will win over 110 of the 152 seats in the first phase of polling in Bengal.
The minister throughout his campaign has targeted TMC, highlighting the ‘corruption’ and ‘hooliganism’ in the state. In another post earlier on Thursday, he shared a symbolic video of a sunset to suggest that TMC’s “time of corruption and hooliganism has set.”
What Shah said on Mamata’s ‘legal case’ remark
On Saturday, Amit Shah doubled down on his rhetoric against TMC and said Mamata didi got upset after he threatened TMC’s goons.
“I’m just warning you to mend your ways, or else there’ll be a place ready in jail,” he said.
He has reiterated that the tenure of the TMC will be over on May 4, and the time will come for the women of Bengal. He was referring to the day of the counting of votes in Bengal on May 4.
