BJP Can Have Mamata Banerjee Assassinated If They Lose Polls, Alleges Bengal Minister

Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and West Bengal minister Subrata Mukherjee made a startling allegation on Sunday, saying that the BJP could “hatch a conspiracy to assassinate West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee” if they fail to win the state Assembly elections next year.

Mukherjee, who is also the state panchayat minister, made the startling claim on Saturday, and added that if the BJP tries to harm Banerjee who is the “mother of crores of citizens, we will shed our blood to stop that from happening”.

“They (BJP) are plotting to have Mamata Banerjee removed. They can even hire people to assassinate her secretly, if they fail to defeat her electorally. People are being brought from outside to create unrest in Bengal. We will foil their plans,” the Panchayat minister said during a road inauguration programme in South 24 Parganas.

Mukherjee went a step further to accuse the BJP of stage-managing the attack on BJP president JP Nadda’s convoy on December 10.

“Our members, following an investigation, have confirmed that the saffron party planted people to hurl stones at his vehicle,” he alleged.

Mamata had said soon after the attack that the attack was part of BJP “nautanki” (drama).

BJP state president Dilip Ghosh dismissed Mukherjee’s assertion. “With the constant erosion of public support, TMC leaders are now making wild allegations,” he said.