New Delhi [India], September 7 : BJP leader Pradeep Bhandari on Sunday hit out at TMC MLA Abdur Rahim Bakshi over his reported remarks about BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh, and said that BJP workers will not bow down, be afraid, or stop in the face of such threats.
Speaking to ANI, Pradeep Bhandari said, "... This clearly shows that TMC wants to threaten the people of Bengal who expose their support of infiltrators and Rohingyas for their vote bank... I want to tell Mamata Banerjee that she can do whatever she wants. BJP workers will not bow down, be afraid, or stop, because they believe in PM Modi's development vision..."
Trinamool Congress (TMC) district president and MLA Abdur Rahim Bakshi from Malda district sparked controversy on Saturday with reported remarks threatening to pour acid into the mouth of a BJP leader.
Earlier on September 4, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while speaking in the state assembly, launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, alleging that it is against the Bangla-speaking people.
She further stated that the BJP will face a time when they will have no MLA from their party in West Bengal. She said that no party that wages linguistic terror against Bengalis can ever win Bengal.
"I condemn BJP for their persecution of Bengalis. A time will soon come when not a single BJP MLA will remain in Bengal. The people themselves will ensure it. BJP will face inevitable defeat, for no party that wages linguistic terror against Bengalis can ever win Bengal," Mamata Banerjee said.
Mamata Banerjee further called the BJP a party of "vote chor", stating that it is corrupt to its core.
"BJP is a party of vote-chors, corrupt to the core, persecutors of Bengalis, and masters of deception. BJP is a national disgrace, and I condemn them in the strongest terms," she said.