PM Narendra Modi's 'jhalmuri' stop a 'drama': Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata: 'Jhalmuri' politics is touching its peak with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's unscheduled stop at a 'jhalmuri' shop in Jhargram on Sunday was a "drama".

"The SPG prepared the jhalmuri for him (Modi). A microphone was installed in the jhalmuri shop. It was a completely staged event. Had it been a spontaneous act, then how were cameras fitted inside the shop?" Banerjee said.

Banerjee's comment came a day after PM Modi, after his Jhargram public rally, went to a local shop to buy 'jhalmuri', a popular Bengali street food made of puffed rice, green chillies, and other spices.



"It's all drama. How come a camera was there when the Prime Minister suddenly made an unscheduled stop? The entire scene was scripted. He was seen carrying a ₹10 note in his pocket. Is it believable?" Banerjee said.

The chief minister was addressing a poll rally in Murarai assembly constituency in Birbhumm district.

On SIR, she accused the ECI of "first having deleted lakhs of names and then having branded people as infiltrators as wished by the BJP".