West Bengal has become Gujarat; tomorrow it will turn into Ayodhya, Varanasi: Shiv Sena slams Mamata Banerjee
In an editorial in Saamna, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena said that the “sleeping Hindus of Bengal” had been “awakened by Mamata Banerjee's excesses."
New Delhi: Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared that she would not allow BJP to turn “Bengal into Gujarat”, Shiv Sena attacked the Trinamool Congress chief through an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamna. Sena, which is an ally of the BJP, claimed that the state would turn into Gujarat and could even turn into ‘Ayodhya or Varanasi’.
In an editorial in Saamna, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party said that the “sleeping Hindus of Bengal” had been “awakened by her excesses” and that Banerjee was responsible “for her own downfall.”
The party also slammed the TMC supremo over the controversy over the slogan Jai Sri Ram in the state. The editorial read, “Saying ‘Jai Shri Ram’ is a crime there. They have put up ‘Jai Hind’ posters against it. That is just a form of discomfort on their part.”
“What does she mean by won't let Bengal become Gujarat?... Bengal has become Gujarat; tomorrow it may become Ayodhya or Varanasi,” the party said in its mouthpiece, saying that the state of Bengal could undergo the transformation to Varanasi or Ayodhya if “Lord Ram was angry.”
On Monday, the West Bengal CM had alleged that the Centre and the BJP were organising violence in a bid to topple her government. Her statement had come a day after violent clashes had erupted between the BJP and the TMC activists in Basirhat, in which four lives were lost.
Speaking to reporters, Banerjee had said, "The central government and BJP party cadres are trying to incite violence in West Bengal...we will not let Bengal turn into another Gujarat.”
The Trinamool Congress also wrote a letter Home Minister Amit Shah, objecting to the advisory issued by the home ministry to the state government, claiming that it was a "deep-rooted conspiracy" and an "evil ploy to grab power" in states with the non-BJP government.
Meanwhile, the BJP denied all the charges and also observed a "Black Day" on Monday in order to protest the killing of its workers. The BJP has blamed the TMC government for the "deteriorating" law and order situation in the state.