‘Tight slap of democracy’: Sushma Swaraj says Mamata Banerjee ‘crossed all limits today’ 

Sushma Swaraj.

Hours after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she would like to administer a “tight slap of democracy” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “Bengal under Triple T” remark, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, on Tuesday, cautioned that such words would not bode well on a future day when the two leaders will have to come together to cooperate for administrative purposes.

Tweeting in Hindi, Swaraj wrote: “Mamata ji, you crossed all limits today. You are the chief minister of a state and Modi ji is the country’s prime minister. You have to talk to him tomorrow. This is why I would like to remind you of a couplet written by Bashir Badr: Rage all you want but I just have this one request from you, do not feel ashamed when we have to become friends again someday.”

ममता जी - आज आपने सारी हदें पार कर दीं. आप प्रदेश की मुख्यमंत्री हैं और मोदी जी देश के प्रधान मंत्री हैं. कल आपको उन्हीं से बात करनी है. इसलिए बशीर बद्र का एक शेर याद दिला रही हूँ :
दुश्मनी जम कर करो लेकिन ये गुंजाइश रहे,
जब कभी हम दोस्त हो जाएँ तो शर्मिंदा न हों.

— Chowkidar Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) May 7, 2019

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