Mamata denies saying she will slap the PM
PTI, May 9, 2019, 3:52 PM IST
Simulia (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Thursday denied having said that she will slap Prime Minister Narendra Modiand asserted she had said he would get the “tight slap of democracy”.
Modi had told a rally at Bankura earlier in the day that Banerjee had said she would slap him, which would actually be a blessing for him.
“Why should I be slapping you (the PM). I am not that kind of a person. What I understand is democracy. Slap of democracy means that the mandate people will give by casting their votes,” the Trinamool Congress supremo said.
Banerjee had during a campaign rally at Raghunathpur in the district on Tuesday said that Modi should get a “tight slap of democracy”. The prime minister said “I am told Didi has said she wants to slap me. I call you Didi, I respect you. Your slap will be a blessing for me.
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