Over the death of a BJP worker, the BJP leaders were alleging that behind the bizarre death of Arjun Chowrasio was TMC. “Arjun Chowrasia, 27, BJYM Mondal Vice-President, North Kolkata was brutally slaughtered and hanged. This continuous slaying of opponent political workers highlights the demise of democracy in West Bengal. 57 BJP workers were massacred in the last year. Humanity is smothered by the TMC!”, said the BJP’s Bengal unit.
Rahul Sinha the senior Bengal BJP leader let out that the man who was murdered by Trinamool became Home Minister is visiting the Bengal and this is their way to murder. “Our worker Arjun Chowrasia was murdered and hanged in the same Trinamool-style only because Home Minister Amit Shah’s programmes are scheduled today. It’s not only lower level TMC leaders who are involved in this incident but even the top leadership is involved,” he said.
The Home Minister reportedly asked his party to cancel the planned welcome at the airport. Instead, he will visit the family of the deceased person in the afternoon, Amit Shah was to visit Bengal for his two-day visit.
However, Mamata Banerjee’s party denied the allegations. “The allegations against us are baseless. Let the police investigate the matter,” said Trinamool MP Santanu Sen.
Atin Ghosh, a local Trinamool MLA, said the allegations were by “BJP outsiders”. “How can you decide what has happened before a post-mortem? Why call only Amit shah? Call the Prime Minister. The BJP is making unfounded allegations for. political gains,” Mr. Ghosh said.
