The senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dilip Ghosh today visited Triveni Kumbh Mela, he was highly impressed to know that more than a lakh took holy dip on auspicious Maghi Purnima day and the state government has tried its best to hold the Triveni Kumbh mela peacefully.
Babul Supriyo, IT minister in the Mamata Banerjee cabinet and BJP MP and former judge of Calcutta High Court Abhijit Gangopadhyay entered into a heated exchange of words against each other on Vidyasagar Setu across river Hooghly on Friday night over alleged blowing of car horn.
Reacting to the current situation in Bangladesh and the anti-India sentiments expressed by some sections of its population, former BJP state president and former MP Dilip Ghosh reacted sharply today.
Firebrand BJP leader Dilip Ghosh today said that chief minister Mamata Banerjee should be actively vocal against torture and attack on the minorities in Bangladesh.
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh ridiculed the Mamata Banerjee government today in matters linked to the state's bid to dissociate from DVC.
"I am getting several calls. I have told everybody that I am not leaving the party on my own wish. I am a common member of the party and I shall play the role of 'bibek' (conscience) in the party. Had I decided to leave the party, I would have leaked many secret things but it is not happening now,"
"The so-called 'secular' government of West Bengal, which runs to Tripura and Assam at the drop of a hat when something happens there, is totally silent on the issue of Bangladesh violence..."
Majumdar claimed that the attack on Ghosh was pre-planned with the intention to kill him. "Opposition has been suppressed in Bhabanipur and there was a conspiracy to kill Dilip da. It was only to create an atmosphere of fear," he said.
National TV channels showed Ghosh being pushed and heckled on a road as a posse of security guards tried to shield him. A suspected TMC supporter was seen grabbing a security man by his collar who swiftly pulled out a pistol to scare away the crowd.
“The law and order situation in the area is not conducive to holding by-poll. If an MP can be attacked, then imagine the situation common voters are facing. I demand postponement of polling till the situation normalises in Bhawanipore...till the time its conducive for holding a free and fair election,”
