Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed on Monday, 29 April, that 40 TMC MLAs were in touch with him and will desert their party once the BJP wins the general elections.
He also accused TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee of nepotism, insisting she wants to politically establish her nephew in West Bengal.
Modi also assailed her over her prime ministerial ambitions, saying "Didi, Dilli door hai.(Delhi is far away for you).”
“Forty TMC MLAs are in touch with me and all your MLAs will desert you once the BJP wins the elections. Political ground has slipped from under your feet,” Modi told an election rally in Sreerampur, targeting the West Bengal chief minister.