Lucknow: Rallying behind Mamata Banerjee, BSP supremo Mayawati Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah of targeting the West Bengal chief minister as part of a conspiracy and said it reflected a “dangerous attitude”.
A day after the Election Commission curtailed campaigning in West Bengal, Mayawati charged that the poll body acted under pressure of the central government.
Addressing a press conference here, she said, “Everyday we are getting some kind of news from Bengal for which the BJP and RSS are responsible.”
“As far as election-related violence is concerned there, it can be seen clearly that BJP and the government led by PM Narendra Modi and his chela (follower) BJP president Amit Shah, under a planned conspiracy, have been targeting the Mamata Banerjee government,” Mayawati said.
“During Lok Sabha elections, Mamata Banerjee and her government are being targeted under a conspiracy to divert peoples attention from failures of the Modi government,” the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister charged.
The manner in which the ‘guru’ and ‘chela’ are after the Mamata Banerjee government is also indicative of a “dangerous attitude which is not only wrong but unjustified,” she said.
“Such a conspiracy to defame Mamata Banerjee and her government is unbecoming of a PM,” she said.
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