Reject "Outsiders" Making Daily Trips To Bengal: Abhishek Banerjee Attacks BJP

The Trinamool, which has made ''Bengali pride'' its core poll plank, has tagged the party as a "party of outsiders" as its top leaders hail from outside the state.

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Friday said that the upcoming assembly polls are about rejecting "outsiders" who are travelling to West Bengal from Delhi like daily passengers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Trinamool, which has made ''Bengali pride'' its core poll plank, has tagged the party as a "party of outsiders" as its top leaders hail from outside the state. "The daily passengers are claiming that they will make 'Sonar Bangla', but why could they not make golden Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh?" Mr Banerjee asked. Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, said at an election rally here in Bankura district that the PM along with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states have been embarking on daily visits to the state from the national capital to campaign for the BJP.