Kolkata: Apparently targeting BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the people will reject the person with “blood of riots” on his hands.
“People will reject the person with blood of riots on his hands. A divisive person can never become the prime minister,” Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress chief, said while addressing election rallies in north Bengal.
Without naming the Gujarat chief minister, she said while she loved the people of of the western state, “I cannot accept their leader”.
Banerjee held three rallies during the day at Chopra, Islampur and Karandighi in North Dinajpur district.
In every rally, she attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Modi, and alleged secret understanding between it, the Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist in the state.
In another veiled attack on Modi, Banerjee said India being a parliamentary democracy, elections are not held for the prime minister’s post.
“The MPs select the PM. Some people are dreaming of becoming the PM. They should first get a majority.” (IANS)
