Dilip Ghosh was speaking at a rally in Haldia in West Bengal.
Calcutta:
Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh issued a controversial warning Sunday to supporters of Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying they should make amends or risk having their arms and legs broken and even killed.
“Didi’s siblings who are creating problems must change their habits in the next six months or else they will break your arms, legs, ribs and head. You will have to go to the hospital. And if you do more than that, then you’ll have to go to the crematorium, “Ghosh said at a rally in Haldia.
The Trinamool Congress headed by Mamata Banerjee, popularly known as Didi, and the BJP have fueled a bitter rivalry in West Bengal, which will hold elections for the assembly next year. Both sides have accused each other of political violence and attacks on the other side’s supporters.
Dilip Ghosh’s comments come just two days after Union Interior Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Bengal, where he set the ambitious goal of winning 200 of the state’s 294 seats. Ghosh and other Bengal BJP leaders are expected to visit Delhi on Monday to speak with party chief JP Nadda.
Stating that the days of the Trinamool government are numbered, Ghosh said the central forces will guarantee free and fair assembly elections in the state.
“When Lalu Raj was in Bihar, there used to be Jungle Raj, violence was a daily matter, but we kicked out the bullies, this is called BJP Raj. We changed Jungle Raj to democracy and we also want to restore democracy in West Bengal,” he said .
“I want to make an announcement that the next assembly elections will not be held under the Didi police but by the Dada police. The khaki-clad police will stand a hundred meters from the booths under the mango tree, sitting in a chair, chewing persimmon and watching the vote, “she said.
The Trinamool Congress condemned the comments and said Mr. Ghosh was vitiating the state’s political atmosphere.
“These kinds of statements show that the BJP is trying to unleash a reign of terror and vitiate the political atmosphere of the state before the assembly elections. The people of the state would give them an adequate response,” said Saugata Roy, a senior official Trinamool leader and a deputy.
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