Modi obliquely referred to Mamata's alleged role in Saradha chit fund scam and warned that if his government is formed in Delhi after general elections that action will be taken against those involved in this scam.
"Saradha is the other name of Saraswati, she is worshipped everywhere, and this Saradha turned into a chit fund? Mamataji, we did not expect this from you. Personally, I have always respected you. But what have you done, you have broken the dreams of the people of Bengal," said Modi.
Mamata lost no time in launching a counter attack and termed Modi a “Shaitan (devil)”. TMC spokesperson Derek O'Brien went personal and termed Modi “ the butcher of Gujarat”.
“The butcher of Gujarat could not take care of his own wife. How will he take care of this great nation?” said a livid Derek.
But what really went wrong? And is it real or just stage-managed? Let's try to understand this.
It should not be forgotten that Muslims of West Bengal, who constitute around 25 percent of the electorate, played a crucial role in catapulting Mamata Banerjee into power.
It was because of Muslim community's shift of allegiance, from left front to TMC, that brought to an end the political dominance of CPI(M) and allies that was continuing for last 33 years . And it was mainly because of mishandling of Singur and Nandigram agitations in which some Muslims were killed by the state police that alienated the community from the ruling left front government.
