BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is not allowing people to chant Jai Shri Ram in the state, and wondered if the Lord's name is not chanted in India, will it be uttered in Pakistan. Speaking at an election rally, he said that polls in Bengal are for restoring democracy in the state, and that the BJP will win "more than 23 Lok Sabha seats" out of the total 42 seats. I want to ask Mamata didi, if Shri Ram's name is not taken in India, will it be chanted in Pakistan?” Shah said. "The Narendra Modi government has given Rs 4,24,800 crore to West Bengal in its five-year tenure, but it has not reached the people, and, instead, gone to the syndicates," Shah claimed. The BJP chief iterated his party's resolve to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal to flush out illegal migrants from Bangladesh.

Source: The Telegraph May 07, 2019 09:00 UTC