Let's see if my chopper can land in Bengal: PM Modi jabs Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata : As deadline to end campaign for Lok Sabha Election 2019 nears, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a jab on Mamata Banerjee and her party.

“Going to West Bengal for rally in Dum Dum. Let us see if Didi (Mamata Banerjee) allows it. If she has her way she will not allow helicopter to land,” said PM Modi at a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau.

Blaming TMC over vandalisation of Vidyasagar statue, he promised that a new statue will be made soon.

The opposition party has been blaming the Election Commission for cutting short duration for campaign after reports of violence at Amit Shah's election rally.

BSP chief Mayawati said the enforced from Thursday night to help PM Modi finish his rallies in Bengal while Congress said the poll panel has “lost its independence”.

Mamata Banerjee expressed her gratitude to the opposition parties for supporting her and said that BJP will get a befitting reply on May 23.

A BJP delegation met the Election Commission on Thursday over the violence in Bengal. “We demand that history-sheeters be detained immediately so that fair and violence-free polling is conducted in West Bengal. The Election Commission should be extremely vigilant over the next 48 hours,” said Union minister Prakash Javadekar.