Modi vows to install new Vidyasagar statue, Mamata says WB has money

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government was committed towards Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagars vision and promised to install his grand statue at the same spot in Kolkata where it was vandalised by TMC goondasLashing out at Mamata Banerjee the prime minister said he was going for a rally in Dum Dum later in the day but was not sure if the West Bengal Chief Minister will allow his helicopter to landWe have been witnessing the attitude of didi for long and now the country is also seeing itDedicated to the vision of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar our government will install a panch dhatu made up of five metals statue at the very spot and give a reply to TMC goondas he said while addressing a poll rallyThe statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was broken by TMC goondas during the road show of BJP President Amit Shah Those involved in this act should be given strong punishment the prime minister saidKolkata witnessed widespread violence during BJP president Shahs massive roadshow on Tuesday A bust of 19thcentury Bengali icon Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was vandalised during the violenceModi charged that anarchy was spread by TMC workers during his earlier meetings in West Midnapore and Thakurnagar In Cooch Behar in Bengal where a dais was to be set up for my rally didi got a grand dais made for her party I have been seeing this attitude of didi since long but now the country is seeing it he saidI have a rally in Dum Dum Let us see if didi allows it If she has her way she will not allow the helicopter to land Modi said Hitting back at BSP supremo Mayawati who had attacked him over violence in West Bengal Modi said The manner in which the West Bengal government has been targeting UPiites Biharis and those from Purvanchal I thought behenji will give a befitting reply but she is more concerned about powerHours after Narendra Modi promised a grand statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the same spot where the old one stood before being vandalised Mamata Banerjee shot back and asserted that West Bengal has the money required for the polymaths structure and asked if the Prime Minister can return the 200yearold heritageHe PM said he will make Vidyasagar statue Bengal has money to make the statue Can he give back the 200 years old heritage We have proof and you say that TMC has done Are not you ashamed He should do situps for lying so much Liar Prove allegations otherwise we will drag you to jail Mamata lashed outLashing out at the SPBSP alliance he said those raising Modihatao slogans are today frustrated Uttar Pradesh has made their arithmetic all wrong and so their abuses have increasedActually the country has come to know the truth of these mahamilavatisthey all know that Modi hatao was just a slogan but actually their aim is to hide their corruption he said adding they somehow want a khichdi and weak government which can be blackmailed as per their needsSPBSP have made an opportunistic alliance They have struck a deal at the top but on the ground their workers are still attacking each other he saidThey are mistaken in thinking that SP and BSP votes will be transferredThey take some castes as their slaves he said adding it appears they did not understand the situation in 2014 2017 polls but will now understand in 2019 that castes should not be treated as a slaveIn the name of castes they gained power and used it for making bungalows and make their relatives crorepatis and arabpatis he charged Be it bua or babua they have distanced themsleves from people created a tall wall of darbaris and yes men that they cannot see the sukh dukh of the poor he saidThe history of Samajwadi Party the prime minister said is known by the people of UP but behenji will you seek votes for such a candidate All know what was the situation of Betis during the Samajwadi Party rule but behenji your stand on the rape of a Dalit daughter in Alwar has brought your behaviour also under the questionThe government in Rajasthan is being run with the support of behenji but it tried to keep the rape incident hidden in view of elections this attitude of behenji shows that for selfish interest anyone can be betrayed he said Stressing that his government was committed to the security of women Modi said it was his government which brought the death penalty in rape cases and pressing the button on lotus will mean the death penalty for rapistsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get the latest updatesEdited by midday online desk with inputs from Agencies