West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday condemned those playing politics over "blood of the jawans" for winning Lok Sabha polls and said she does not need lessons on patriotism from "those who killed" the father of the nation.
The Trinamool Congress chief said she has right to speak as a citizen of the country and said whoever is asking about the outcome of the air strikes on terror camps in Balakot is being branded as a Pakistani or traitor.
"This cannot happen that someone will win elections by doing politics with the jawans' blood. The blood of the jawans is for the country. Jawans work for the country and they do not do politics. I condemn those who are doing politics with the blood of jawans," Banerjee told reporters at state secretariat 'Nabanna'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders have been lacerating opposition leaders, including Banerjee, following her statement that the nation has a right to know what actually happened in Balakot after the Indian ..
