NEW DELHI – Indian West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Mondaywondered why only when an election is knocking at the door, BJP governmentthought of starting a shadow war against Pakistan,” News18link reported.
Her remarks come after 40 CRPF soldiers were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’sPulwama district when a Jaish-e-Mohammed militants drove a van carryingexplosives into their convoy on February 14.ADVERTISEMENT
Banerjee also claimed that she has documents to prove that the Centre hadreceived inputs from intelligence agencies on February 8, that attacks likethe suicide bombing might take place before the Lok Sabha elections, ANIlink reported.
“Why was no action taken?” the Trinamool Congress chief asked whilespeaking to reporters at the state Secretariat in Kolkata. “Why were 78[jawans] in convoys still allowed? I also have intelligence reports that myphone is always tapped, as you all know.”
“Why weren’t the jawans airlifted [following the attack]?,” she asked. “Youspend so much on publicity, so why weren’t the jawans taken by air ortrain? I have done it while I was the railways minister.”
The West Bengal chief minister said that the Trinamool Congress did notmake any political statements after the attack, because “we thought we willfight this together”.
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“But then we saw, we are sitting quietly but [Prime Minister Narendra]Modi and [Bharatiya Janata Party chief] Amit Shah are roaming around givingspeeches,” she added. “The speeches are like they are the only patriots andeveryone else is anti-national.”
Banerjee warned that if the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh attempt tostart riots using the terror attack as an opportunity, the country will notforgive them.
“We will stop the move to start riots,” she added. The Trinamool Congresschief claimed the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and RSS are already trying toignite communal riots.
