Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was a demoralised person today as she knew that she was going out of power and that the BJP was winning with huge margin.
Addressing a huge rally at Burdwan East Shah said asserted that out of 180 seats that went to polls in the first five phases till Saturday the BJP was sure to win 122.
“Didi looks demoralized these days as she knows the outcome of the elections … she knows that she is losing,” Shah said advising the Chief Minister to “please do not get angry and please remain cool as you have to walk back home after May 2” when the result would come out.
Referring to the polling in high-profile Nandigram seat Shah said that BJP nominee and former lieutenant of the Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari would win from that seat. “Take it from me, Suvendu Adhikari will win the elections from Nandigram,” he said.
Taking a dig at the Chief Minister for campaigning in the elections with a plastered leg --- following an alleged fracture that she received while campaigning at Nandigram on March 10 --- Shah urged “Didi please make sure that your plaster comes out by May 2 when the result comes out so that you can walk up to the Governor’s house on your own to tender your resignation.”
The BJP had been of the view that the Chief Minister was making a mountain of a mole hill insofar as her leg injury was concerned so that she could derive sympathy votes.
Meanwhile post-poll violence continued in various parts of the State with on BJP booth president Dilip Kirtaniya being murdered by alleged Trinamool Congress goons at Simurali in Nadia district.
The angry BJP supporters blocked NH 34 and the Railway route demanding immediate arrest of the accused Dulal and Dilip Mondal local TMC leaders who had allegedly threatened the victim with dire consequences for resisting the Trinamool bid to capture the booth on Saturday’s fifth phase polling. The BJP later gheraoed Chakdaha police station. The accused had yet to be arrested.
Elsewhere, BJP and TMC workers fought a pitched battle at Lakhimpur Maath at Burdwan where many houses of the rival party members were shattered. Similarly many people were injured as street fight ensured between BJP and TMC workers in many places at Krishnagar, sources said.
Back in Kolkata BJP candidate Kalyan Chowbey was attacked by the TMC supporters at Sinthi More near Rabindra Bharati University and he had to be rescued by the police men. At Duttabad in Bidhannagar area the BJP and TMC men fought each other and vandalized local shops.