Fearing loss, Modi is dividing all: Mamata

Panighata/Bagula, April 20

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was suffering from ‘haratanka’, a phobia of losing elections, and was trying to win in the state by dividing people on communal lines.

Modi was merely repeating words told to him by party cadres and was not cross-checking the facts about Bengal, she said.

“He (Modi) knows that he will lose elections and that is why his face has turned pale. He is now suffering from ‘haratanka’ and is uttering nonsense everyday thinking about losing in UP, Rajasthan, New Delhi, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha and other states,” she said during a rally at Panighata in support of party candidate for Krishnanagar Mohua Moitra.

“I do not mind if BJP wins in Tripura but that will not give him (Modi) 543 seats. That is the reason he is roaming around in Bengal hoping to get votes by dividing people along Hindu-Muslim lines,” she said.

“Do you know why is he (Modi) roaming in West Bengal? It’s because the RSS has advised him to keep Mamata under control. There is nobody who speaks against him other than Mamata,” the TMC chief said. — PTI