Her attack comes days after the Raj Bhavan showed CCTV footage of the premises from May 2 — the day of the alleged incident — to around 100 people.
At an election rally in Hooghly, Banerjee said: “The Honourable Governor says ‘didigiri nahi chalegi’. That is true, dadagiri and didigiri nahi chalegi. But the Governor must first resign. Who is he to torture women? He recently called the press and showed a few edited videos. Why didn’t he show the entire footage? I ask the press to go through the footage carefully.”
She said: “I got another video… pen drive. More scandal. Scandal after scandal… My God… If he calls me to Raj Bhavan, I will not go. If he calls me to meet him on the streets, I will do that. But, after hearing about the scandals, even sitting next to you is a sin.”
Bose has said the charges are “engineered narratives” meant to “stop my fight against corruption and violence in Bengal”. On Monday, he had hit out at Banerjee, saying, “I always took the stand that her politics is not my cup of tea. Now, because of the humiliating remarks that have been made against me, I am forced to tell you, Mamata Banerjee’s politics is dirty. Still, I will pray to God to save her, but this is difficult even for God. I will never accept this ‘Didigiri’ on the distinguished office of the Governor,” he had said.
Banerjee also claimed that allegations of sexual assault from Sandeshkhali are part of a conspiracy orchestrated by the BJP. “They have spread so many lies. People have seen how the BJP orchestrated the Sandeshkhali conspiracy. Modi babu instigated the issue. For a woman, her dignity matters more than the money. What they have done is one of the most depraved crimes anyone could ever do,” she claimed.
“Complainants did not even know what they were being made to write or that they were signing fake rape complaints. This used to happen in earlier days, and should not happen in this century. The women are now stepping out and telling the truth,” she claimed. “In exchange for money, women were tricked into writing false complaints without their knowledge or consent. There cannot be a bigger crime than this.”