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News Desk: Campaigning in north Bengal’s Cooch Behar on Tuesday as the third phase of elections in the state is in progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s appeal to Bengal’s Muslim population not to divide their votes indicates that she has lost their support.
PM Modi said “Dear Didi, recently you said all Muslims should unite, and not allow their votes to be divided. You are saying this means that you are convinced that the Muslim vote bank has also gone out of your hands, the Muslims have also turned away from you. That you had to say so publicly — this shows that you have lost the election”
“Didi, you are abusive towards the Election Commission. But had we asked the Hindus to unite and vote for BJP, we would have got eight or ten notices from the Election Commission. Editorials would have been written about us in the entire country” he added.
The BJP has sought action from the Election Commission against Ms Banerjee, alleging that she has violated Representation of the People”s Act by asking Muslims to come together and vote for her Trinamool Congress.
