INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
February 14, Mamata Banerjee has been hinting that the tragic incident could have been prevented if action had been taken on existing
intelligence inputs and if the jawans had been airlifted instead made to drive from Jammu to Srinagar.Today, Ms Banerjee's gloves came
off.Speaking at a cure committee meeting of the Trinamool in Kolkata, she addressed PM Modi as 'Modi Babu' and demanded to know why the
Pulwama attack had happened and where he was when it did.Ms Banerjee accused the prime minister of having advance intelligence of the attack
"You can't do politics with the blood of jawans," she said.The West Bengal chief minister also urged her party workers to keep a sharp eye
out for EVM and VVPAT as she had heard BJP was spending a lot of money on manipulating them."They are trying to manipulate EVMs in Bengal
We have got information about trying to manipulate in Bengal
They have given an organization the job
They are claiming they will get 23 or 24 seats
They are hoping to tamper EVM machines and get them
We will fight for every inch
Those you entrust the job with of fixing EVMs, they will turn against you
You are thinking you can do everything with muscle power No, it won't
Modi Babu's days are over
Parivartan is coming," Ms Banerjee said.While the BJP did no moment on this charge, it reacted angrily to Ms Banerjee's comments on the
Pulwama attack."After Parliament ended, an incident took place at Pulwama
We all condemn the incident
We convey our condolences to the bereaved families
But why did this incident happen, Modi Babu, where were you at that time Where were you when the incident happened," she said."You knew the
incident was going to happen in advance
The government has an intelligence input
There were government instructions
And why were the jawans not airlifted that day, why were they pushed into the jaws of death without Nana checking, without sanitising the
road Because you wanted to do politics One can fool some of the people some of the time But not all the time, " she addedDilip Ghosh, BJP
state president, said, "People in our country are saying our neighbour is creating trouble here, killing our soldiers and they want revenge
But she is asking why Is she with this country or with Pakistan She has to explain this."
