Amit Shah rips apart Mamata Banerjee over violence in Nandigram as Didi asks voters to keep ‘cool’

The second phase of West Bengal assembly elections is scheduled to be held tomorrow. While the first phase saw Mamata’s infamous ‘Bamba Bamba’ war cry in full motion, the TMC supremo in the second phase took her flair of rhyming a notch above whilst campaigning in Nandigram.

“During the election, cast your votes peacefully. Keep in mind, ‘cool cool Trinamool, thanda thanda cool cool, vote pabe joda phool’. Keep your mind cool for 48 hours,” said the TMC leader.

While Mamata was holding a padyatra in Nandigram, it was Union home Minister Amit Shah who held a massive roadshow in the poll-bound state and simultaneously took ‘Didi’ to the cleaners by posing some tough and scathing questions.

Referring to an incident at Tentulbari in Nandigram last night where a BJP worker’s wife was raped allegedly by TMC goons, Shah doubted if women are safe despite CM’s presence in the area.

“After reaching here, I got a sad piece of news. A woman was raped within 5-km radius of the place where Mamata Banerjee is staying. If a woman can be raped at a time when she is present in the area, how can women be safe & secure?” said the Union Home Minister.

As per reports, the victim’s husband is an active worker of the BJP. He was threatened by TMC on several occasions in the past. According to him, he was busy participating in the election rally of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday.

On returning home in the evening, he found that his wife had been missing. Later, the BJP worker discovered that his wife had been lying in an injured and unconscious state, behind his house in a canal.

Amit Shah was questioning Mamata’s statement where she had remarked that she was fighting the election from Nandigram because she wanted to pay respect to mothers and sisters of this place.

“I could have contested from any other constituency but I have chosen Nandigram to pay my respect to the mothers and sisters of this place”.

In an interview to Zee News, Amit Shah did not stop here and questioned Mamata for the fledgling TMC backed political violence in the state where opposition and especially BJP workers have been routinely thrashed and killed by the TMC goons.

“Why is the chief minister mum when asked about political violence in Bengal?” said Amit Shah who highlighted the death of 85-year old Shobha Majumdar who succumbed to her injuries after being brutally beaten by the TMC goons.

“Why didn’t didi visit BJP worker’s 85-year-old mother, who was trashed by TMC workers? Why didn’t she apologise then?” said Shah.

However, CM Mamata Banerjee continues to maintain that she does not know the “real cause of death”. And as per a report by ABP News, instead of paying respects to the departed soul, Mamata Banerjee deflected from the issue by asking Amit Shah why was he silent over the death of a woman in Uttar Pradesh, which is ruled by the BJP.

Read more: Final nail in TMC’s coffin: 85-year-old Shobha Majumdar, brutally beaten by TMC goons, dies

Lastly, Shah said that defeating Mamata in Nadigram would mean defeating TMC in the state and bringing the much-desired changes.

“By defeating Mamata didi in Nandigram, you can bring about the much-desired change in West Bengal. You defeat her here, The TMC will automatically get defeated in other parts of the state,”

In the phase two of the elections, 30 assembly seats are up for grab, spread in three districts viz. South 24 Parganas, Bankura, and Medinipur. 171 candidates are in fray with 152 men and 19 women. However, it is the clash at the Nadigram seat which is being touted as the main event of the entire election.