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News Desk: Heating up the poll battle against BJP, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday stoked the ‘outsiders debate’, challenged the BJP leaders to ‘speak in Bengali for over two minutes’. Addressing a rally in Alipurduar, Banerjee accused PM Modi of taking credit for sending finds for Amphan cyclone relief in Bengal. The highly-awaited Mamata Banerjee Vs Suvendu Adhikari battle is for Nandigram Assembly seat scheduled on Thursday- 1 April 2021.
Earlier in the day, his aunt – Mamata Banerjee revealed that she belongs to the ‘Shandilya’ gotra – one of the eight highest Brahmin Gotras. “During my second campaign, I visited a temple where the priest enquired about my ‘gotra’. I told him ‘Maa Maati Manush’. This reminds me of my visit to Tripura’s Tripureshwari temple where the priest had asked me my ‘gotra’ and I told him too ‘Maa Mati Manush’, actually I am Shandilya,” the CM said. Her comments were met with derision from the Opposition with BJP claiming that the CM was afraid of losing tomorrow.
