BALAGARH/DOMJUR: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday defended her poll speech at Tarakeswar last Saturday that invited a notice from the Election Commission for urging “minority voters” to avoid a “division” of their votes.
“All I wanted was to keep votes united,” she said in Howrah’s Domjur, a day after the EC sent her a notice. She would not be intimidated by show-cause notices, the Bengal CM added, seeking to know how many complaints the EC had got against PM Narendra Modi’s “communal and divisive speeches”.
Modi had slammed Mamata for her comments, saying he would have got “eight to 10 notices from the EC” had he asked Hindus to unite and vote for BJP.