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'Didi, 40 Of Your MLAs Are In Touch With Me': Narendra Modi To Mamata Banerjee

TMC's Derek O'Brien responded by saying, "Nobody will go with you." He also said that his party will complain to the Election Commission.
A file image of PM Narendra Modi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed on Monday that 40 TMC MLAs were in touch with him and will desert their party once the BJP wins the general elections.

He also accused TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee of nepotism, insisting she wants to politically establish her nephew in West Bengal.

Modi also assailed her over her prime ministerial ambitions, saying “Didi, Dilli door hai (Delhi is far away for you).”

“Forty TMC MLAs are in touch with me and all your MLAs will desert you once the BJP wins the elections. Political ground has slipped from under your feet,” Modi told an election rally in Sreerampur.

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TMC’s Derek O’Brien hit out at Modi and said, “Nobody will go with you”. He also said that the party will complain to the Election Commission over “horse-trading” by Modi.

Modi, in his rally, also mocked Banerjee for often losing her cool as she was “sensing defeat” and said that she cannot even dream of becoming the prime minister.

“With just a handful of seats, ‘Didi’ you can’t reach Delhi. Delhi is far away. Going to Delhi is just an excuse. Her real intention is to politically establish her nephew,” he said.

Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek is a sitting MP from Diamond Harbour and the TMC candidate for the seat.

Lashing out at opposition parties for questioning the credibility of EVMs, Modi said his rivals have moved on from abusing him to criticising EVMs, as they face “imminent defeat”.

“Earlier only Modi was abused, now even EVMs are being abused. The opposition is doing so as it faces imminent defeat,” he said.

He also accused the state’s ruling party of rigging elections, claiming its “goons” were preventing voters from exercising their franchise.

(With PTI inputs)

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