‘Will build you a temple,’ Mamata Banerjee mocks PM Modi’s God remark

Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark that he has been sent by the God (Parmatma) for a purpose, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that god should be placed in temples.

Mamata was speaking at a rally when she took a jibe at PM Modi and said, "One says he (PM Modi) is the God of the gods... one leader says Lord Jagannath is his devotee...We will build a temple for him and worship him there, offer prasad, flowers, and if he wishes, we will also offer him dhokla."

If PM Modi is God then we will build a Temple for him, also we will offer Sweets and Flowers every day, so that He sits there and stops troubling India.

- Mamata Banerjee 🔥🤣 pic.twitter.com/0gZzAuOOp4

— Harsh Tiwari (@harsht2024) May 28, 2024

The remarks from Banerjee have come in the wake of PM Modi’s latest interview with a news channel where he asserted that he was not biological but sent by God for a special purpose.

Sambit Patra, the BJP's candidate for the Puri Lok Sabha seat, recently said that Lord Jagannath was a 'Modi Bhakt'. Patra expressed regret for his words, claiming it was a slip of the tongue.

While speaking further, Banerjee said, "I have worked with so many Prime Ministers, like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who used to love me a lot. I collaborated with Deve Gowda, Rajiv Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, and Narshimha Rao. There is no need for a prime minister like him, as I have never seen one."