BJP chief Amit Shah at a rally in Kolkata on Sunday
BJP chief Amit Shah took another dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on day by stopping mid-speech when the
azan sounded from a nearby mosque.
"Let us stop. We don't want to give Mamata any excuse," Mr Shah said, taking a break for almost six minutes. (
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Muslims form 27 per cent of Bengal's voters, who had supported the Trinamool Congress in the last assembly elections in 2011.
The BJP president was speaking at a rally in Kolkata's Victoria House after days of tussle with the Bengal chief minister over the venue, from where Ms Banerjee addresses her party's annual rally on Martyrs' day - July 21. (
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The state police had refused permission for the rally and the BJP had finally got relief from the Calcutta High Court.
Mr Shah had launched a frontal attack on the chief minister over the Saradha scam, black money and the Burdwan blast.
Weaving in all three in a single thrust, he said the money from the Saradha chit fund was used to fund the Burdwan blast.