Kolkata: Amit Malviya, the BJP’s Bengal coincharge, has uploaded a video of TMC MLA Naren Chakraborty threatening BJP voters. Malviya further criticised Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Bannerjee, accusing her of patronising such MLAs, and asked the Election Commission to take note of the video.
Naren Chakraborty said in the video that BJP supporters should not vote because they will be found after the election. And they were told that if they did not vote, they could stay in the state and work or start a business, with the TMC supporting them.
Amit Malviya, who shared the video, said, “Naren Chakraborty, a TMC MLA from Pandaveswar (Asansol), has been heard publicly threatening BJP voters and supporters, telling them not to vote or face consequences. Such crooks should be imprisoned, yet Mamata Banerjee supports them in Bengal. ECI should be aware of this.” or company, and the TMC would back them up.
Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly said, “Naren Chakraborty; earlier a Member of Durgapur Zilla Parishad & erstwhile Pandabeshwar Block TMC President (just like the recently arrested Anarul Hossain of Rampurhat), in 2016, was initially detained by CISF at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport; Kolkata.”
“Later on he was arrested by the Police under the Arms Act; for trying to board a Chennai-bound flight with an unlicensed gun and rounds of cartridges. He could not show any valid licence,” he added.
On April 12, a bypoll for the Asansol Lok Sabha seat and four assembly seats will be held.
After sitting MP Babul Supriyo resigned from the Lok Sabha in October last year due to differences with the BJP, the Asansol seat became vacant. He then became a member of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Meanwhile, the West Bengal assembly seat of Ballygunge has been empty since sitting MLA Subrata Mukherjee, a minister in the West Bengal government, died on November 4 last year after a brief illness.
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