PM Modi on Monday accused the Chief Minister of arresting people for chanting “Jai Shri Ram”. (The reference was to three people who were taken into police custody for allegedly uttering the words as her convoy passed by.) He further dared her to arrest him, “I thought of saying Jai Shri Ram here so that Mamata Banerjee can throw me in jail, too. That way, the people of Bengal will be protected from the wrath of the Trinamool regime,” the Prime Minister said at a rally in Tamluk, around 170 km from Kolkata.
He said ‘Speed Breaker Didi’ – as he derisively refers to Mamata — was going after those chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ out of frustration. A video showing Mamata Banerjee fuming at villagers in West Midnapore district for chanting ”Jai Shri Ram” along the highway on Saturday had been widely shared on social media.