Criticising BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi as a person with ‘blood on his hands’, an apparent reference to 2002 riots in Gujarat, Trinamool Congress said on Thursday he was “daydreaming” of becoming the next PM but the people would not allow such a ‘nightmare’.
“Narendra Modi is a person who has blood on his hands. He is trying to divide India on the basis of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Buddhists. We don’t want such an India, we want a united India,” Trinamool Congress MP and party spokesman Derek O’ Brien said.
“Modi is advertising himself as PM candidate. He is daydreaming of becoming the PM. The Indian people will never allow this nightmare to happen,” O’ Brien said.
O’Brien also claimed when Lok Sabha poll results are out, none would become the Prime Minister without the support of Trinamool Congress.
“Trinamool Congress will emerge as the third largest party. Trinamool Congress, along with other three-four regional parties, will control more than 120 seats. So on May 16 when results are announced, Trinamool Congress will be there,” Brien said.
Asked whether there was any chance of post-poll alliance, O’Brien said “in the last three years, Trinamool Congress has fought all the elections alone against Congress, CPI(M) and BJP. We are fighting all alone.”
TMC’s reaction came in the backdrop of Modi attacking Trinamool Congress in the state during a rally in Siliguri.
“India does not need to copy Modi’s Gujarat model. Other states have better models, including Bengal. Look at the facts not the hype,” he said.
Earlier during the day, Modi alleged Mamata Banerjee was playing votebank politics and that no real ‘parivartan’(change) had taken place in the state under TMC rule.