Told Modi I was ready to cook something for him, but asked if he’d eat what I made: Mamata Banerjee
KOLKATA: West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee told PM Narendra Modi on Monday that she was ready to “cook something for him if he wanted” though she said she was not sure whether he would eat what she cooked.
“But will you eat (what I cook)?” she asked. “I have tried a lot of different dishes from different states because I do not believe in discrimination,” she said at a rally in Barrackpore, referring to his speeches where she quoted him as saying “don’t eat fish, meat, or eggs”.
Food and fish have been part of Bengal’s poll campaign menu ever since Modi’s jibe at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav last month for having fish during a period when some Hindus abstain from having non-vegetarian food.
“People will eat what they want and how they want. Eat whatever you want. Whoever wants to have vegetarian fare will eat that. Whoever wants to eat meat will have meat. This country belongs to all of us: different languages, different cultures, different attires,” Banerjee said, adding she had been cooking since her childhood.
Banerjee then referred to Modi’s “400-plus” claims. “Do sau nahin paar hoga (Even 200 seats is beyond their reach),” she said, adding: “It is clear BJP is not returning to office. Their faces betray the truth, they have fallen silent on their 400-plus claims.”
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