SAGARDIGHI: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday alleged that there was a ‘behind-the-scenes’ tie-up between BJP and Congress for the February 27 Sagardighi bypoll in Bengal, saying ‘one vote to Congress is a vote for lotus, reports Sukumar Mahato.
“A vote to Congress means a vote to strengthen BJP’s hand in implementing NRC,” Banerjee said at an election rally here. “I want to question opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari and Bengal PCC president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as to why no raids take place against BJP or Congress leaders in Bengal. Why only target Trinamool?” he added.
He alleged that BJP leaders openly proclaim that central investigative agencies work at their behest. “They claim that whichever opposition leader they want to target, these agencies will question them. We have TMC MLA Jakir Hossain here; just last month, he had to face an I-T raid.” Banerjee also displayed a photograph of Congress’s Sagardighi candidate, Byron Biswas, with Adhikari.