Kolkata, April 29: The war of words between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued on Monday. Hitting back at Mamata Banerjee for saying that "voters in West Bengal will send┬аrosogollas┬аmade of mud with pebbles in them", PM Narendra Modi thanked her and said he would accept it as "prasad". He made the remarks while addressing a public meeting in┬аWest Bengal's Serampore.

"Didi wants to feed me┬аrosogollas┬аof clay and stones. How fortunate I am. Countless legends and freedom fighters walked on the soil of Bengal. If Modi gets┬аrosogollas┬аmade of that soil, it will be a holy offering for Modi," PM Modi said.┬а"For me,┬аmitti┬аis sacred, an inspiration, energy. I will wait for this┬аrosogolla┬аmade of the soil of Bengal. I am very grateful to you and thank you in advance. Not everyone is lucky enough to get such┬аprasad," he added.┬аWill Ask Election Commission to Seek Expenditure Details of Narendra ModiтАЩs Rallies, Says Mamata Banerjee.

In his speech, the prime minister dedicated several minutes to the promised "mud rosogolla". "I am thankful also because the┬аrosogolla┬аyou will send, it will use the stones your goons use on people. Those will come to me. The citizens of Bengal will not be wounded," he added.

PM Narendra Modi reacts on "mud rosogulla" remark:

The war of words started with PM Modi sharing in his "non-political interaction" with film star Akshay Kumar: "I don't know if this will politically hurt me but┬аMamata┬аDidi┬аsends me a couple of handpicked kurtas┬аevery year. And after she heard that Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, sent me special Bengali sweets, Mamata┬аDidi┬аalso started sending me sweets from Bengal once or twice a year."┬а'Mamata Banerjee Knows Size of PM Modi's Kurtas': Congress' Raj Babbar Hits Out at TMC Chief.

Reacting to PM Modi's statement, Mama Banerjee initially said: "He will still get rosogollas, but not a single vote." Last Friday, she fired another salvo┬аat a rally in Asansol: "I will send him rosogollas made of mud with some stone chips thrown in -- like cashew nuts and raisins are used in laddu. One bite and it will break the teeth. That's the kind of mithai I will send."

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