On Monday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took a particularly strong swing at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 

She drew a parallel between BJP cadres and US President Donald Trump’s supporters, who forced their way inside the US Capitol recently in a dramatic protest against the election result.

BJP cadres will behave like Trump supporters the day they lose elections: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 11, 2021

"The day the BJP loses elections, its cadre and supporters will behave like that," claimed Mamata Banerjee. 

Here’s how people on Twitter gave mixed reactions to her statement: 

@MamataOfficial TMC cadets behaves violently even when elected

— Karthik Dharmapuri🇮🇳 (@KDharmapuri) January 11, 2021

So to ensure that they don't behave like that, WB will ensure that they win in West Bengal.

— KitaabNashiñ (@AnInvectiveGuy) January 11, 2021

Well they have lost in Delhi. And in Odisha too. And many more states.

— S K Mohanty (@skm503) January 11, 2021 — साकेत (@shakropama) January 11, 2021

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— 𝓢𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓻 𝓡𝓸𝔂 (@isamiroy) January 11, 2021

So will you and Congress they Day you loose elections... N shout EVM hacked...

— Sugandha (@sugandha_03) January 11, 2021  

Furthermore, she called BJP a “junk party” for inducting "rotten" leaders from other political outfits. 

Referring to the ongoing farmers’ agitation, the Trinamool Congress chief said that India is staring at a food crisis due to the BJP’s "adamant" approach towards the three new farm laws. 

"The country is staring at a food crisis. If the BJP continues to remain adamant on the farm laws, there will be a food shortage in our country. The farmers are assets of our country and we should not do anything that goes against their interest," said Banerjee while addressing a rally in Nadia district ahead of 2021 West Bengal Assembly Elections. 

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Mamata further sought the immediate withdrawal of the three farm laws, as being demanded by farmers agitating at borders of Delhi. 

While hitting out at the BJP over the induction of a raft of leaders from other political parties, Mamata said: “BJP is the biggest junk party in the country. It's a dustbin party that is filling up its rank and file with corrupt and rotten leaders from other parties.” 

"You must have seen some (TMC) leaders switch over to the BJP. They have done it to protect the public money they had looted. The BJP runs the party like a washing machine, where corrupt leaders turn into saints the moment they join them," she said.

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