India, April 21 -- The word 'Didi', Bangla for elder sister and a beloved moniker given to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee by her supporters, is at the centre of the state elections again this time, after Amit Shah used it in a phrase taunting the Trinamool Congress supremo.

Shah, the Union home minister, said in Hindi, "Ae Didi, aankh aur kaan khol ke sun lo" - "open your eyes and ears and hear this, Didi" - and went on to claim the TMC was going to be ousted by the voters this time.

This remark caught the attention of the TMC, which saw it an an echo of a "Didi o Didi" by PM Narendra Modi in the 2021 campaign, and alleged that this was a display of "misogyny" by the BJP.

The row came just as campaign for the first phase of the West Be...