Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee again slipped into foul language while trying to vent her anger against her long bête noir CPI-M and new-found foe Amit Shah president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Speaking at a rally in Jalpaiguri, Banerjee took recourse to an earthy Bengali phrase to say the erstwhile rulers of West Bengal had not been able to do anything themselves. And now, they were out to give bamboo in the rear to those trying to bring in change.
Arent you proud today that both Darjeeling and Jangalmahal (Maoist infested area of the state) are peaceful? They (CPI-M) couldnt do it and now they are trying to give bamboo in the rear to those who managed to do something, she said. Bamboo grows in jungles and is used to make houses. The day the bamboo starts chasing them, they wont know what to do, the chief minister added.
Banerjee, though did not name anyone, but she was presumably responding to the CPI-M leaders and particularly to BJPs president who had threatened to uproot her party from West Bengal.
The opposition have severally critised her for demeaning the chair of the chief minister by using such foul language, generally associated with roadside brawl. She is under tremendous pressure due to the ongoing scam in the state. It is evident, she is losing her temper and resorting to such foul language, state BJP president Rahul Sinha said.
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