Kolkata, Sept. 19: In an apparent reference to the AICC general secretary, Mr Rahul Gandhi’s whirlwind tour in Bengal, the Trinamul Congress chief, Ms Mamata Banerjee, on Sunday once again aimed a barb at the “seasonal bird.”
“I don’t do politics sitting on a golden couch. Like a cuckoo, I do not come as the seasonal bird only during the time of election and disappear when it is over,” Ms Banerjee said in oblique reference to Mr Gandhi.
The Trinamul Congress chief’s fresh salvo against Mr Gandhi without taking his name came at a rally in Nanoor in Birbhum where 11 farmers were killed by CPI(M) activists in the year 2000. This was the second time that the firebrand leader took on Mr Gandhi for saying that the Congress demanded “respect and dignity” in its ties with the Trinamul.
A day before Mr Gandhi’s visit, Ms Banerjee had made the seasonal bird comment which snowballed into a war of words. between the partners.