Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday lobbed a tart "lollipop" at Bangladesh leadership advising them to "stay calm and have peace of mind" and hold down their "occupy Bengal" dreams because India would not sit quiet if they resorted to any kind of misadventure.

Speaking on a recent aggressive remark made by a senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader who said that their country had a legitimate right over three Indian States, Banerjee said, "it is unusual for us to speak on the foreign affairs a responsibility that has been entrusted with the Ministry of External Affairs and it is our declared stance that we will abide by all the advisories from the Government of India…

"But we have heard about some politician from Bangladesh saying that they have a right over Bengal, Bihar and Odisha … I wish them mental peace and health and advice them to stay calm … but at the same time I will remind them that we will not lick lollipops while their forces will try to occupy our land," Banerjee said to a thumping roar inside the House.

Amid ongoing attacks on the minority Hindus and vandalisation of their religious places a section Bangladesh Ulema and the political leaders have been pouring venom on India asking people to boycott Indian consumer products and preaching Gazba e Hind (subjugate India). The BNP leader in that context had told a gathering that his country had "a legitimate right over Bangla, Bihar and Odisha as they were once ruled by our Nawab Siraj ud Daulah."

The Chief Minister's statement came on a day when Indian Foreign Secretary met his counterpart during when he made a candid expression of India's stand on the repression of minorities.

 Accordingly Banerjee said, "We are quite conscious and active enough. We also test patience because we learnt it from Rabindranath Tagore," reminding India's patience was not to be misconstrued as its weakness.

"I don't say that our politics should match theirs … I don't say that the politics of the two countries should be interconnected but I can forcefully say that India and its Constitution is emphatically secular and we will practice secularism," advising the people on this border against walking into the "communal traps being set up by some vested interests."

She said, "I ask all and sundry to act rationally and stay calm and not get influenced by communal forces ," she said.

Bengal Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari however "refuse" to take Banerjee's speech "on face value."

He said, "the Chief Minister knows that the people on this side of the border are tremendously agitated about what is happening in Bangladesh … she also knows that the people in Bengal are angry with her appeasement politics … so she has made such statement as a face saving measure."

Wondering why the Chief Minister would not take any action against her senior Cabinet colleague Siddiqullah Chowdhury who had allegedly praised Bangladesh interim Chief Advisor Md Yunus the Opposition Leader said, "if she is really concerned about the Hindu minorities of Bangladesh then why she has not dismissed and taken action against her own Cabinet colleague Siddiqullah Chowdhury who openly praised Md Yunus and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi … and why her Government refuses permission to Sanatani protesters to organize rallies whereas it gives permissions to communal people like Firhad Hakim and Twaha Siddiqi… I think Mamata Banerjee's statement will have no bearing on the people … they will never believe in her."