You can't fight & defeat me, Mamata warns BJP

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday accused the BJP-led Centre of attempting “political sabotage” after she was forced to cancel her helicopter ride to Bongaon, even as officials said the designated aircraft could not fly due to expired licence and insurance lapses.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Banerjee, who eventually travelled by road to the Matua heartland amid panic over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, said she was informed at 10 am that the hired helicopter “would not fly”, barely two hours before her scheduled landing at 12.30 pm.

“I apologise for being late. I have not used helicopter for seven or eight months. But this morning at around 10 am, just before leaving home, I was informed that the chopper cannot fly. Elections are yet to begin, but confrontation has started,” she told a massive gathering in North 24 Parganas district without naming anyone.