Accusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of committing atrocities against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, party president Amit Shah cautioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday that if Trinamool wanted confrontation, BJP workers were ready for it.
This comes in the backdrop of the increasing number of clashes between workers of the two parties in West Bengal.
Speaking at a party meeting at Bara Nilpur in Bardhaman district, Mr. Shah urged BJP workers not to get intimidated by TMC’s atrocities, but to work with the masses. Pointing out the BJP’s recent electoral success in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir, he said, “The BJP will form the next government in Bengal.”
Referring to the alleged assault on a woman, said to be a relative of a BJP worker, by officials of Birbhum district police, Mr. Shah said, “Mamata Banerjee, you cannot stop BJP’s winning streak by committing atrocities.”
He accused Ms. Banerjee of shielding her party leaders who were allegedly involved in the Saradha scam.
