Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of being in the same mould as Humayun Kabir, a legislator she removed from the party last year for planning to build a mosque modelled on Ayodhya's Babri Masjid.
Shah claimed that Kabir wants to set up a Babri Masjid in Bengal and urged Mamata to listen to this, stating that the BJP will come to power and stop the mosque.
He also accused Banerjee of opposing the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and drew parallels with Kabir's initiative to build a mosque in Murshidabad's Beldanga modelled on the demolished Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
Shah's remarks came amid a row over a video clip released by senior TMC leaders, claiming it proved Kabir was in touch with BJP leaders and mobilising Muslim votes against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in exchange for ₹1,000 crore.
Meanwhile, addressing back-to-back rallies, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that 19 states and the Centre have come together to counter her, and that she is single-handedly fighting for the common people.
