NB Viewpoint | Power tussle tightens in West Bengal ahead of Panchayat elections
Ahead of West Bengal panchayat elections in the State, the ruling TMC and the BJP are levelling allegations of malpractice against each other.
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"In 2021, they said 'is bar 200 par' but they failed and their boat capsized. No matter how big the boats are, all capsize in the tide of Mamata Banerjee. They are planning a bigger conspiracy this time. They have stopped people's money. They have stopped funds for the 100 days work (MGNREGA) to the State. It is a conspiracy to stop Mamata Banerjee's work for the people" - Nusrat Jahan, actor-turned-politician
Kolkata, May 23: Ahead of the West Bengal panchayat polls, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Nusrat Jahan made a controversial remark saying that Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress will be beaten with bamboo sticks if they come to seek votes in Basirhat.
Responding to the Trinamool MP's remarks the West Bengal BJP state secretary Priyanka Tibrewal alleged that violence is in the nature of the TMC.
The remarks have attracted a sharp reaction from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Ahead of the panchayat elections in the State, the ruling TMC and the BJP are levelling allegations of malpractice against each other.