Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday directly held West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's recent intriguing speech accountable for the violent mob attack on the Central paramilitary forces which, in turn, shot dead 4 villagers at a polling cubicle in Shitalkuchi of Cooch Behar during the fourth stage of the election a day earlier.Asking the Trinamul Congress supremo to apologise to individuals for her instigation, he likewise questioned her silence on the killing of a novice citizen, Ananda Burman of the Rajbanshi neighborhood, after linking him to the saffron party.
Turning down Ms Banerjee's demand for his resignation over the firing, Mr Shah said: Didi has been continuously claiming: Amit Shah should resign.
Didi, I will resign when individuals ask me to.
However you must get ready because you will need to resign on May 2.
Mr Shah said: In the 4th stage of polls, an extremely sad incident happened.
Some unknown people assaulted a polling booth and tried to nab the weapons of the Central armed police forces (CAPF) personnel.
When the CAPF jawans opened fire in self-defence and to secure their weapons, 4 individuals were eliminated.
What is more unfortunate is the method the whole event is being politicised.
He was talking to the media at Shantipur in Nadia district.
He added: I saw Mamatadi's declaration.
A few days back, at the exact same Shitalkuchi seat, Mamatadi offered a brazen speech asking individuals to gherao and attack the CAPF.
I want to ask her: 'Isn't her speech responsible for the death of the four? Would the four have dared to assault the Central forces had she not made the speech?' Provoking them, you made a cause for shooting.
Mr Shah later claimed at a BJP rally at Basirhat South in North 24 Parganas: Didi, you, being in a wheelchair, left anyway however it was since of you that the 4 youths died.
He said: I feel Mamatadi still has time to use her respect to the fifth killed youth, speak about him and apologise to individuals for her intriguing speech.
Complaining about Ms Banerjee's compassion only with the four victims, who were Muslims, the home minister said: At the same booth, some jerks of the TMC eliminated our worker in the early morning so that ballot might not happen.
Later, the attack on the CISF followed.
However Mamatadi mourned the loss of 4 lives just.
She is not bothered by the death of Burman.
This is a clear example to what level she reduced the politics of Bengal through her appeasement and vote bank politics even in death.
He added: We are similarly saddened by the death of the four like that of Burman.
The death of whosoever should be above politics.
She did not mourn the death of Burman, or shed tears ...
This type of politics is neither the culture nor the tradition of Bengal.