- Shah threatened to send TMC goons to jail.
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: Political excitement has reached its peak before the second phase of assembly elections in West Bengal. Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (April 25, 2026) has given a big statement regarding Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s threat to hang TMC workers upside down.
He said what kind of language is Union Home Minister Amit Shah using. It is completely unacceptable to talk about hanging people upside down after the elections. She said that she is going to file a legal case against Amit Shah for his violent comments.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke in Hooghly
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while addressing an election rally in Hooghly on Saturday (April 25, 2026), said, ‘We are going to file a legal case against Amit Shah for his violent statements. As a Home Minister he cannot make such statements.
#WATCH | Hooghly | West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, “We are going to file a legal case against Amit Shah for his violent remarks. As Home Minister, he cannot make such comments”
(Video Source: CM Mamata Banerjee social media) pic.twitter.com/E0nLUHv94L
— ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2026
He said, ‘Such a pressurizing attitude of BJP will fail to influence the voters of West Bengal. It is completely unacceptable to talk about hanging people upside down after the elections. With this thinking and mentality you can never win Bengal, never…!’
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What statement did Union Home Minister Amit Shah give?
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while addressing a rally in Birbhum district of West Bengal, had said that the people of Bengal will answer the bombs and bullets with votes and will bring the Bharatiya Janata Party to power by winning the assembly elections. He said, ‘Trinamool Congress (TMC) goons will no longer be able to scare the people of West Bengal with bomb blasts. The people of Bengal will answer the bombs with votes and the fear with confidence.
Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of corruption and creating mafia rule, Shah said, ‘The people of West Bengal should say goodbye to Mamata Banerjee’s government. After this, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will take up the responsibility of teaching a lesson to the syndicates and those involved in bribery. After this he said, ‘I advise TMC goons to stay in their homes, otherwise we will pick them up one by one on May 4 and put them in jail.’
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