Nandigram battle: After Didi’s Chandipath, Suvendu claims she chanted ‘mantras wrong’, posts video

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recited Chandipath as she launched her poll campaign for the Nandigram seat asserting that no one should dare to play ‘Hindu card’ against her, adding that the people will make Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ‘April fool’ on the polling day.

Hours after Mamata Banerjee proudly said that she is “a Hindu girl” and reciting mantras, her challenger Suvendu Adhikari accused that her of chanting the wrong mantra.

Suvendu Adhikari tweeted and claimed that Mamata Banerjee had “wrongly recited” the mantra and was hence “insulting Bengal’s culture”.

https://twitter.com/SuvenduWB/status/1369328828082888705

Mamata said:

“Those who are talking about 70:30 ratio should know that I read ‘Chandi path’ every morning before leaving home. I am the daughter of a Hindu family. Do not dare to play the Hindu card with me. I challenge them to have a competition with me in ‘Chandipath’,” said Banerjee while addressing a public meeting in Nandigram where she is contesting against her aide-turned- rival Suvendu Adhikari. She further chanted shlokas of ‘Chandipath’ on the stage. “Om Jayanti Mangala Kali Bhadrakali Kapalini, Durga Kshama Shiva Dhatri Swaha Swadha Namoastutte….”

On the insider versus outsider debate, Banerjee said, “Some people are calling me an outsider in Nandigram. I was born and brought up in the neighbouring Birbhum district. Today I have become an outsider. And, those coming from Gujarat are now insiders?”

“If you do not want me to file the nomination, I will not. But, if you consider me your daughter, then I will move ahead with filing my nomination,” she added.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari will file his nomination on March 12 for contesting West Bengal Assembly elections from Nandigram constituency, informed the party’s media cell.

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination from the Nandigram seat for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. The TMC on March 5 released its list of candidates with Banerjee announcing that she will contest from Nandigram.