Calcutta:
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday called Mamata Banerjee’s government “autocratic, dictatorial and fascist”, prompting a brutal counterattack from Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan. “Run to a mirror to find out who the real fascists are,” she tweeted.
Mr Surya, at a press conference today, said he had given President Lok Sabha a notice of privilege against senior officials in the state administration, following violence during of a BJP rally in Howrah on Sunday.
“We will ensure that this autocratic, dictatorship and fascist government of Mamata Banerjee emerges from this election. I call on conscientious Indians who respect and appreciate the Indian Constitution to make their voices heard against fascism in West Bengal, to defend the primacy of right “quoted by the ANI news agency.
In response, the actor-turned-politician accused the BJP of destroying the country with “autocracy and the politics of hate”.
“Mr. Tejasvi Surya, instead of making ridiculous statements, run to a mirror to find out who the real fascists are. It is your BJP bosses who have destroyed this country with their autocracy and their hate politics since 2014,” said she wrote on Twitter.
Mr. @Tejasvi_Surya, instead of making ridiculous claims, run to a mirror now to find out who the real fascists are. They are your bosses at @ BJP4India who have destroyed this country with their autocracy and their hate politics since 2014! https://t.co/SdzVP6k66B
– Nusrat Jahan Ruhi (@nusratchirps) November 9, 2020
BJP supporters – who were protesting a spate of killings of party workers in Bengal – clashed with police, throwing stones and blocking roads in Kolkata and Howrah.
Mr Surya said today that chemicals mixed with water were sprayed on workers at the BJP.
“Mamata’s administration in West Bengal is similar to the autocratic North Korean regime,” he told PTI news agency.
The BJP has stepped up its political activities in Bengal ahead of next year’s Assembly elections.
Last week, Home Secretary Amit Shah was on a visit to the state, where, in a meeting with party officers, he presented the party’s goal for the election – 200 seats out of 294.
“The citizenship law will be enforced and the refugees will get citizenship. It depends on the coronavirus pandemic. But it will be done. The law is in place,” Shah later told reporters.
