The BJP on Friday claimed that it has been forced to relocate its over 3,000 panchayat members who won in the recent local polls in West Bengal due to “threats” from the ruling Trinamool Congress.
BJP’s general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, who is the party’s State in-charge, alleged that TMC workers supported by local police have been threatening its elected members with dire consequences if they do not either join their party or resign. “We have been forced to remove about 3,000 of our 6,000 members to different locations due to harassment from the TMC leaders,” he said.
Mr. Vijayvargiya said his party has taken close to 1,000 members to Jharkhand. These members will return to their villages only after their tenure begins after one-and-a-half months.
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