Mamata Banerjee Reacts to PM Narendra Modi's 'Jai Sri Ram' Chant, Says 'My slogan is Jai Hind'

Kolkata, May 9: West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that she and her party believes in 'Jai Hind' slogan and not 'Jai Shri Ram.' Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Banerjee said, "Let the BJP say Jai Shri Ram in West Bengal but we will say Jai Bangla and Jai Hind." The 64-year-old leader made this statement while speaking to India Today. Mamata Banerjee Arresting Those Who Are Chanting 'Jai Shri Ram', Says PM Narendra Modi.

"Our slogan is Jai Hind and Vande Mataram. Don't ask me about BJP's slogan. We never do the politics of Hindu-Muslim. Every religion is my religion, every caste is my caste. Why the BJP does this politics, you should ask Narendra Modi," she said. TMC chief added that her party is not facing any challenge from BJP in the state and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mamata Banerjee Responds to Narendra Modi's 'Didn’t Return Calls' Jibe, Says She Avoided Sharing Dais With 'Expiry PM'.

On 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Banerjee said that BJP will suffer a major defeat in the country as well as West Bengal. She also blamed PM Modi of making the poll battle personal. During the election campaigning, Banerjee has been calling PM Modi "expiry babu" while the PM called her "speed breaker didi".

The campaigning in West Bengal is undergoing a political heat as only two phases of Lok Sabha Elections are remaining. In the fifth phase on May 12, Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, and Bishnupur constituencies will go into the poll. While in the sixth phase, elections will take place in Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin and Kolkata Uttar.

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