AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee-led TMC helped BJP grow. "Did the Trinamool not facilitate the BJP's first parliamentary victory in 1998 and 1999? Subsequently, Mamata Banerjee became the Railway Minister," he stated. Owaisi added Mamata treats "Muslims like cattle- like cows and buffaloes - milking them for votes and then casting them aside".