In West Bengal, 8 arrested for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ at Mamata Banerjee 

Mamata Banerjee. 

New Delhi: Eight people have been reportedly arrested, on late Friday night, after some people shouted “Jai Shri Ram” at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s motorcade in North 24 Parganas district. This incident happened when Banerjee’s motorcade was passing through troubled Bhatpara area of the district, on Thursday. Banerjee was on her way to Naihati to attend in a sit-in protest against violence on her party workers after the Lok Sabha poll.

Losing her patience over chanting of  “Jai Shri Ram” slogans, infuriated Mamata came out of her car and asked her security officials to note down the name of the men.

A video went viral on the social media in which some men can be seen shouting “Jai Shri Ram” as Mamata Banerjee’s motorcade was passing through the area of Bhatpara.

Mamata was heard saying in the video: “What do you think of yourself? You will come from other states … stay here and abuse us? I will not tolerate this. How dare you all abuse me?” She was then heard saying (presumably to her security personnel) to write down the names and details of the people who were shouting the “Jai Shri Ram” slogan.

After the chief minister got into her car, the men again chanted “Jai Shri Ram”, which prompted her to disembark from the vehicle once more.

#WATCH North 24 Parganas: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee gets off her car and confronts people chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans, Banerjee says'These are all outsiders and BJP people, they are criminals and were abusing me. They are not from Bengal.' pic.twitter.com/haGjQmQYlv

— ANI (@ANI) May 30, 2019

While addressing a gathering at the sit-in protest later at Naihati, Banerjee said some BJP workers came in front of her motorcade and “abused her verbally”. She said, “Is this democracy?”

Related