Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of using the "victim card" in politics while releasing the BJP's chargesheet against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government.
He accused Mamata Banerjee of pretending to be a victim during elections, adding that the people of Bengal have now understood her tactics.The state will conduct elections in two phases, on April 23 and April 29, with counting of votes for both phases scheduled for May
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Addressing the press conference in Kolkata, Shah said, "Mamata Banerjee has always played the politics of the victim card. At times, she gets her leg broken; at other times, she has her head bandaged; sometimes she falls ill; and then again, she stands before the Election Commission feigning helplessness while hurling abuses at the institution.
But I have come to tell her that the people of Bengal have now thoroughly understood this politics of the victim card..."