Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Mahishasura who, he said, has to be defeated by “Bengal Durga” — a reference to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee — to bring peace to the country.
The Telugu Desam in a tweet on Thursday night, said, “Naidu has deeply criticised PM Narendra Modi again, this time from West Bengal soil (at a public meeting at Kharagpur). He described Narendra Modi as Mahishasura and Mamata Banerjee as Bengal Durga. He said Bengal Durga has to defeat Mahishasura (Modi) in Delhi to bring peace and prosperity to the country.”
Mr Naidu carried on in the same vein, saying Mr Modi was making cheap remarks on leaders like Rajiv Gandhi who died long ago. During an review of the winning prospects of the party in the Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency, Naidu aid Mr Modi did not have any achievements to speak of.
“I am asking Modi what happened to Jan Dhan Yojana, Make In India, Start Up India? Gujarat model had turned out to be a failed model,” he said.
BJP’s Andhra Pradesh president Kanna Lakshminarayana said the people of Andhra Pradesh do not take Mr Naidu seriously.
“He does not understand what he talks. None has taken up negative campaign against Modi as much as Naidu has done. He is making such comments out of fear of losing elections,” Lakshminarayana said.
