Hitting back at Mamata Banerjee for her remark that “she wanted to give a tight slap of democracy” to him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said her slap will be a blessing to him but asked if she had the courage to take action against the extortionists.
“I am told that Didi said that she wanted to slap Modi. Mamata Didi I address you as Didi, so if you slap me it will become a blessing for me and am ready to accept it,” PM Mosi said while addressing a rally in West Bengal’s Purulia.
“But I will also say, had you shown the courage to slap those friends who looted poor people in the name of chit funds, you wouldn’t be so scared,” he added.
Doubling down on his ‘Tolabaaz’ remark, PM Modi further said, “Also, had you shown the strength to slap the ‘Tolabaaz’ (extortionists), then the stain of Triple T (Trinamool Tolabaazi Tax) wouldn’t have spoiled your name.”
In a fresh outburst, Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday at a rally in Purulia said she wanted to give PM Modi a “tight slap of democracy”.
Her statement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an equally intensive statement accused the Trinamool Congress of being run by extortionist syndicates.
“Money doesn’t matter to me. That is why when Narendra Modi came to Bengal and accused my party of being tolabaaz (extortionist), I wanted to give him a tight slap of democracy,” Mamata had said.
Mamata’s outburst was sparked by PM Modi’s assertion that her government amounts to being the state’s “Triple T — short for Trinamool Tolabaazi Tax”.
PM Modi earlier in the day, in another rally in Bankura district, took a jibe at Mamata Banerjee over her remark that she doesn’t consider as the PM.
He said the West Bengal Chief Minister rather feels proud to accept Pakistan’s Prime Minister.
Earlier, Mamata had said that she did not consider Modi as the Prime Minister after a war of words regarding a telephonic conversation concerning cyclone Fani.