EAM Sushma hits back at Mamata for her 'Slap of democracy' jibe at PM Modi

The statement comes after agitated Mamata on Tuesday said “Narendra Modi should get a tight slap of democracy”. The statement was made while West Bengal CM was hitting back at the prime minister for alleging repeatedly that her government is run by extortionist syndicates.

Sushma Swaraj (Source: PTI)

New Delhi: Hitting back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her ‘Slap of democracy’ jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj hit back at didi and said she has crossed all lines today. “Mamata ji, you have crossed all lines today. You are a Chief Minister of a state and PM Modi is a PM of a nation. Tomorrow you will have to speak to him only, therefore I would like to remind you what Bashir Badra said: Show enmity as much as you wish, but make sure that when we become friends again, things don’t turn embarrassing for you”.

ममता जी - आज आपने सारी हदें पार कर दीं. आप प्रदेश की मुख्यमंत्री हैं और मोदी जी देश के प्रधान मंत्री हैं. कल आपको उन्हीं से बात करनी है. इसलिए बशीर बद्र का एक शेर याद दिला रही हूँ : दुश्मनी जम कर करो लेकिन ये गुंजाइश रहे, जब कभी हम दोस्त हो जाएँ तो शर्मिंदा न हों.

— Chowkidar Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) May 7, 2019

The statement comes after agitated Mamata on Tuesday said “Narendra Modi should get a tight slap of democracy”. The statement was made while West Bengal CM was hitting back at the prime minister for alleging repeatedly that her government is run by extortionist syndicates. She also questioned the BJP's nationalistic and patriotic claims, saying it was an "RSS man" who killed Mahatma Gandhi. "I do not bow my head in politics. When Modi alleges that Trinamool Congress is a party of syndicates...its government is run by syndicates, I feel he should get a tight slap of democracy (be defeated in election)," she said at a public meeting at Raghunathpur in Purulia. Calling Modi a prime minister who is "known for telling lies", Banerjee said during his visits to West Bengal for election he says her government does not allow Durga Puja and other Hindu rituals to be performed. "Do you believe those allegations?" she asked. Joining issue with the prime minister over his claim that she does not allow people to chant "Jai Sri Ram" and throw those who do behind bars, she said, "I will not join them (the BJP) in shouting their slogan. I will rather say Jai Hind." At another meeting at Ranibandh in Bankura district, she questioned BJP's claim of patriotism. "I do not know who Gandhiji's killers were. But we know the name of Nathuram Godse, an RSS man. When you speak of patriotism and serving the nation can you tells us who was he? "Did you fight for the country's independence? You (the BJP) had supported the British. Don't you feel ashamed?" Banerjee said. Speaking in the same vein at Barjora, also in Bankura district, Banerjee said, "They (the BJP) don't revere Gandhiji and Netaji as leaders of the nation .... Modi should not sermonise us on patriotism". A combative Banerjee alleged that BJP starts doing politics over Lord Ram during elections. She said the saffron party could not build even a small Ram temple in the last five years.