Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 28 (ANI): BJP leader N Ramchander Rao on Friday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after her remarks at Oxford University's Kellogg College in London and emphasised that it was important for Indian leaders to respect their country on foreign soil.

Speaking to ANI, Ramchander Rao said, 'Mamata Banerjee, in her visit to the UK, while addressing students at the Oxford University, did not support the view that India might become number one on an economic power in the world. She disagreed and differed with students, after which there was a lot of heckling by the Indian students. It is very important for the Indian leaders to respect their country on foreign soil.'

'Whatever be the internal politics and differences in the country, we must never bring disgrace and shame by insulting Indian ethos. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi did the same thing, and now Mamata Banerjee is also doing the same,' he said.

He further said, 'Mamata Banerjee must understand that the people across the world are questioning her love for the nation. This type of attitude shows that the leaders of the opposition party do not acknowledge the progress of India.'

The BJP leader said that the people of the state were watching this and they would soon remove her and bring the BJP into power in Bengal.

Earlier, the West Bengal Chief Minister faced protests by a group of people at Oxford University's Kellogg College in London on Thursday, where she was questioned regarding the RG Kar College case and post-poll violence in West Bengal.

BJP leader Amit Malviya shared a video where he claimed that the people seen in the video, purportedly belonging to the Bengali Hindu community, had confronted CM Mamata Banerjee at Kellogg College in London.

'Bengali Hindus confront West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Kellogg College in London, raising angry slogans calling her out for the rape and murder of the lady doctor at RG Kar, crimes against women in Sandeshkhali, the genocide of Hindus, and widespread corruption,' Amit Malviya posted on X.

The BJP leader further called Mamata Banerjee a 'disgrace' to West Bengal.'Just a few posters that were held up to Mamata Banerjee... She is a disgrace to West Bengal. The Hindu Bengali diaspora wants her out as the Chief Minister for destroying Bengal's legacy and putting them through such ignominy,' he added.

The video posted by the BJP showed the West Bengal CM facing several interruptions, during which someone in the audience raised a question about the Hindus in Bengal.

'I am for all, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians,' Banerjee responded, which was followed by 'Go back' slogans from a section of the audience.

The Chief Minister addressed one of the protesters as 'brother' and said, 'Please remember this... and don't do politics. It's very easy to do politics here and create negative narratives.'

In a video from the interaction posted by the Trinamool Congress, the Chief Minister then responded to the protestors saying, 'You encourage me, Please smile with a hope that Didi will come every time, Didi don't get bothered, Didi don't bother anybody, Didi walk just like a Royal Bengal Tiger and if you can catch me me.'

Posting the video, Trinamool Congress said, 'She (Mamata Banerjee) doesn't flinch. She doesn't falter. The more you heckle, the fiercer she roars. Mamata Banerjee is a Royal Bengal Tiger!'

BJP leader Amit Malviya also posted another video from the interaction in which Mamata Banerjee was seen engaged a conversation on 'Social Development - Girl, Child and Women Empowerment in West Bengal' at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, during which she disagreed with the claim that India will become the world's first economy by 2060.

'India has already overtaken the UK; we are now the 6th largest economy, and India is the fifth largest economy. Soon, it will be the third largest economy in the world. By 2060, it is predicted that it will be the first economy in the world,' the host of the discussion remarked, to which Mamata Banerjee said, 'I will differ that.'

In his post, Amit Malviya said that the West Bengal Chief Minister has a problem with India becoming the world's largest economy.

'West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has a problem with India becoming the world's largest economy... This is truly shameful. She is a disgrace to the constitutional office she holds. Who behaves like this on foreign soil?' Malviya posted on X.(ANI)