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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday opposed the arrest and judicial custody of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and said that nothing should be done "vindictively" as it may "boomerang" in future.

"I don't like the arrest of Chandrababu Naidu, if there is some mistake, you should talk and conduct an investigation. Nothing should be done to anyone vindictively. This may boomerang in the coming days," the West Bengal Chief Minister said while addressing a press conference in Kolkata today.

Andhra's former CM was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the early hours of Saturday, in the Nandyal district in connection to the alleged corruption charges in the AP Skill Development Corporation scam, in which he is accused number one.

"I did not commit any malpractice or corruption. CID arrested me without any proper information and I asked them to show the evidence but they refused to show and attached my name to the FIR without my role," the TDP Chief had said after his arrest. Following his arrest, his supporters and Telugu Desam Party leaders staged a protest at the Annapurna Sarukulu Centre in Tirupati.

Meanwhile, Bengal CM also slammed BJP after Abhishek Banerjee was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate. "They cannot tolerate the young generation. They want to disturb the young generation...But the youth won't tolerate this," she said.

"This is a political vendetta. Politically there may be differences between us. In a democracy, some parties adjust with one another, and some don't. No one should do anything which exceeds the limits of democracy. Someone is in power today, someone else may be in power tomorrow...," she said.

On the 'India versus Bharat' controversy, Mamata Banerjee said that she sees no problem with 'Bharat' but the Centre should not be omitting the name 'India' without any Constitutional amendment.

"We also call India Bharat in Hindi and Bengali. This is nothing new. But they have omitted India, this is not appropriate. Changing this without any constitutional amendment is unconstitutional. We do not have any problem with calling Bharat. However, removing India is wrong. Out passports say 'Republic of India', Ambedkar's Constitution says 'We the people of India'," the West Bengal Chief Minister said. "I think it is a reaction to the naming of the INDIA alliance," Mamata Banerjee said slamming the BJP.

(With Agency Inputs)