India, April 24 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the new chief minister of West Bengal will be a BJP worker born and brought up in the state. He was responding to claims made by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who had said that if BJP comes to power, they will get an "outsider" to rule the state.

"Bengal's CM is spreading rumours that if the BJP comes to power in Bengal, the outsiders will rule. I want to tell Didi, the next Chief Minister of Bengal will be someone who was born in Bengal, educated in the Bengali medium and will be able to speak Bengali... The only thing is that your nephew will not be there; CM will be a BJP worker," he said addressing a press conference in Kolkata. Shah was referring to Banerjee's nephew ...