BJP accuses TMC of killing party worker in West Bengal, compares ruling party to Islamic State
A BJP leader has compared the TMC with the terrorist organisation Islamic State over the alleged political killing in West Medinipur.
BJP leader and MP from Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat Arjun Singh has accused the Trinamool Congress of running an Islamic State-like regime in West Bengal.
Sharing the gruesome images of a BJP worker who was found hanging from a tree in West Midnipore's Dantan area, Arjun Singh claimed that he was killed by the TMC workers and questioned the silence despite the 'brutal political murder'.
"Barsha Hansda, a tribal BJP worker from Paschim Medinipur, was hanged to death by TMC goons. Why are the liberals so silent now on these brutal political murders in TMC ruled West Bengal? Would they be so silent if this was a BJP ruled state?" Arjun Singh said on Twitter.
What is the difference left between TMC and ISIS? Is this how 2021 elections will be fought? By murdering innocent souls for not aligning with @MamataOfficial's agenda?#savebengal #tmcjungleraj https://t.co/qkkw2MEiGt— Arjun Singh (@ArjunsinghWB) November 15, 2019
"What is the difference left between TMC and ISIS [Islamic State]? Is this how 2021 elections will be fought? By murdering innocent souls for not aligning with @MamataOfficial's agenda?" he said in a series of tweets.
BJP national general secretary and Bengal minder Kailash Vijayvargiya said the TMC was trying to establish a reign of terror in the state.
"The TMC is trying to terrorize BJP workers by establishing a reign of terror in the state. An active and popular BJP activist was brutally murdered by TMC goons. He was the only earning member of his family," Vijayvargiya said.
Rejecting the allegations as "baseless", TMC West Midnapore district president Ajit Maity said the death was a result of internal rivalry within the saffron camp.
The Jangalmahal belt in Bengal, comprising West Midnapore, Purulia, Bankura and Jhargram districts, had been witnessing frequent clashes between the TMC and BJP workers since 2018 panchayat elections.
Three BJP workers -- Jagannath Tudu, Trilochan Mahato, Dulal Kumar -- were found hanging in separate incidents in Purulia last year, causing a huge political furor in Bengal.
A case of "unnatural death" has been filed and the body sent for autopsy, police said.