"Mamata Banerjee became CM twice through EVM voting, her comments are baseless," says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ravi Shankar Prasad. Pic/AFP

BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday took a jibe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her counting of votes' remark saying that TMC supremo became the Chief Minister twice through EVM voting, adding that her comments were baseless, reported ANI.

He further said that the BJP's performance in the West Bengal Lok Sabha polls will be historic.

"Sometimes she complains regarding EVMs. Mamata Banerjee became the Chief Minister twice through EVM voting...Everything is transparent. Proper videography is done. These are baseless comments, defeated and frustrated people are talking like this. This time, the Lok Sabha results in Bengal will be historic," he told ANI.

The remarks came after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said "If counting is conducted properly, the BJP will not come to power this time."

As per the ANI report, he also criticised the former Chhattisgarh CM and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel for his remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 45-hour-long meditation in Kanyakumari.

"Narendra Modi has only one vision - to take India forward, to make India a global powerhouse, to make India the third economic power in the world, and to uphold the honour of Sanatana values, culture, and traditions. He (PM Modi), a practitioner of culture, sometimes meditates in the cave of Kedarnath and today he meditates at the feet of Vivekananda. Baghel won't understand this, and we don't want them to understand because the vote bank has a lot of influence on him and his leaders," Prasad said.

Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 45-hour-long meditation in Kanyakumari, former Chhattisgarh CM and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday said, "One who is not an ordinary person and sent by God, what is the need for him to remember God? Kangana Ranaut and Sambit Patra made him God...Why is he doing this drama?"

"PM Narendra Modi has gone to Kanyakumari to get more publicity. When leaders like Dharmendra Pradhan of Orissa, Sambit Patra, and Kangana Ranaut are comparing him to God, then what was the need for him to go to Kanyakumari? PM Modi should have conducted the meditation out of the media glare," Baghel added.

Notably, in the 2019 Lok Sabha election too, PM Modi took a similar trip to the Kedarnath shrine before the final phase of the elections and meditated in a cave.

PM Modi will meditate from May 30 evening to June 1 evening at the same place where Swami Vivekanand did meditation, the Dhyan Mandapam.

Six phases of the Lok Sabha elections are over and the final phase will be held on June 1 in 57 constituencies in eight states and Union Territories. The counting of votes will be held on June 4.