Defending his nephew and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee from relentless attacks by the BJP, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday trained her guns at Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah.
“You are constantly referring to aunt and nephew. What about your own son. We are very bad because we are in Bengal… How did he get so much money? First reply to this,” she said, addressing representatives of NGOs in Kolkata.
Ms. Banerjee said she is proud to be an “aandalon jeevi”. “I am a proud aandalon jeevi. I have come up through movements. I am still a street fighter. Whether in government or not, I will remain a street fighter.”
At another meeting earlier in the day, Ms. Banerjee urged people not to allow the BJP to come to power in Bengal. “Let Bengal live in peace. The BJP should not be allowed to come to power. I appeal to all to protect the honour of Bengal,” she said.
Law and order better than U.P.
The Chief Minister said the law and order in the State is much better than that in Uttar Pradesh. She said police and journalists are killed in Uttar Pradesh but no such incidents happen here. She said the BJP is disrespecting the Hindu religion through “rath yatras” (parivartan yatras).
