Kolkata: TMC candidate for Ballygunge assembly by-poll, Babul Supriyo said that he left BJP because of “hatred and divisiveness” practiced by its members. Babul Supriyo, switched over to the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC from the BJP last September. He left BJP shortly after losing his ministerial berth at the Centre.
Supriyo is often trolled over his decision to switch camps. He taking to twitter tweeted, “My decision to quit was prompted by the politics of hatred, divisiveness (practised in the saffron camp). I could no longer reconcile to such brand of politics.”
Supriyo said, “People of Asansol know I had never practiced the sectarian and narrow 70:30 or 80:20 politics in Bengal and will never do that.”
He was accused by left of fueling communal sentiments, following a riot in Asansol area of Paschim Bardhaman district in 2018.
He alleged that he was betrayed by the BJP leadership in Bengal. Supriyo stated, “I would work to uphold the motto of unity in diversity.”
He also said that “he could not accept the regular insults made to Bengalis, the refusal to acknowledge the good work of a Bengali”.
Responding to his allegations, BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh wondered why he “woke up to the true character of the BJP this late”.
“We never saw such a treacherous personality before,” he said.
“If he thinks Bengalis are not getting due recognition, how come he was made a union minister by Shri Narendra Modi in 2014, despite being a new entrant in politics? He was a singer and had no political background. Has he forgotten how he was defeated by the TMC in Tollygunje last year?” Ghosh said.
BJP national secretary Anupam Hazra said it was “ironical that Supriyo did not discover these traits and vices” when he was a minister
“We are lucky to have got ridden of such unprincipled unethical person,” Hazra said.
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