Kolkata: A day after he snubbed West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for questioning TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s loyalty to the INDIA bloc, a number of posters and hoardings of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge have been defaced with ink in entrance of the social gathering’s state headquarters right here on Sunday.
Unidentified individuals additionally wrote ‘agent of Trinamool Congress’ on Kharge’s posters and hoardings. Sources within the Congress stated that Chowdhury, who’s in his hometown Baharampur, expressed displeasure over the incident and requested social gathering staff to lodge a police criticism, which was registered, and the defaced posters have been additionally eliminated.
“The incident might need occurred on Saturday evening. That is the handiwork of the TMC which needs to create variations between senior Congress leaders and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury,” a celebration chief alleged.
Kharge had on Saturday snubbed Chowdhury whereas responding to a question on Mamata Banerjee’s remark that if the INDIA bloc kinds the federal government, she would assist it from outdoors, and Chowdhury’s comment that she can’t be trusted and that she may go along with the BJP.
“Mamata Banerjee is with the alliance. She has not too long ago stated that she’s going to be part of the federal government. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is not going to take the choice. The choice shall be taken by me and the excessive command and people who do not agree will exit,” Kharge had stated.
He had additionally asserted that Chowdhury is nobody to determine on whether or not Banerjee can be a part of the INDIA bloc within the occasion of the anti-BJP alliance coming to energy after the Lok Sabha polls.
Chowdhury, whereas reacting to Kharge’s feedback, had stated, referring to the TMC supremo, “I can’t communicate in favour of somebody who needs to complete me and our social gathering in Bengal politically. This can be a battle for each Congress employee. I’ve spoken on their behalf. I do not need the state Congress for use for her (Banerjee’s) private agenda after which end the organisation.”
“If Kharge ji speaks towards my views, I’ll proceed to talk for Congressmen on the grassroots within the state,” he added.
The TMC is contesting the Lok Sabha elections alone within the state, whereas the Congress and the Left are collectively preventing the polls.
