Mamata Banerjee: Day not far- BJP will try to change country name

On Monday, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee too lashed out at Sangeet Som and BJP regarding the Som's speech in which he called Taj Mahal a 'blot on Indian culture' and even assured history will be changed.

Mamata Banerjee said that it is “a manifestation of the BJP’s political agenda” and said the day was not far when the party will try to change the country’s name as well

She said BJP is trying to “divide the people” with such statements.

The Trinamool Congress chief said: “The less we talk about the BJP leaders the better. I feel ashamed to speak on comments made by them. They are not doing any development work, but only making divisive statements with a political agenda. We don’t believe in dividing people like this.”

“What the BJP is practising is not democracy, but autocracy. The day is not far away when the BJP will try to change the country’s name to rewrite history.”

The chief minister said India was a vast country with multiplicity of race, caste, creed, and religion. “We can’t make any comment which goes against the country’s unity and integrity. It is a manifestation of their political agenda.”