‘Think he likes INDIA name’: Mamata Banerjee counters PM Modi after 'Indian Mujahideen, PFI' remark
Narendra Modi on Tuesday over his recent comments against the Opposition coalition. Addressing a party meeting earlier this week the PM had claimed that the newly named Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance was ‘completely directionless’ and linked it to reviled organisations such as the East India Company and Indian Mujahideen.
"Thanks to our prime minister. I think he likes the 'INDIA' name.
Like common people, he has also accepted it. The more they talk bad about the name, the more they will prove their liking for it," Banerjee said.
Leaders from 26 political parties had come together earlier this month to take on the BJP-led NDA in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The coalition had insisted that the upcoming polls would see ‘BJP fighting against INDIA’, sparking off a war of words with the ruling side. Earlier this week Prime Minister Modi took a dig at the INDIA, noting that many organisations through history had linked their names to that of the country.
People, he asserted, cannot be misled merely by the use of India's name. The Britishers named themselves the East India Company and terror organisations like the Indian Mujahideen and the Indian People's Front all have ‘India’ in them, he reminded.
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