West Bengal minister and ruling Trinamool Congress leader Javed Ahmed Khan hit out at the BJP over the latter's allegations of violence around the filing of nominations for the upcoming panchayat elections in the state.
"We also demand the PM and the Union government to increase the import duty, the Chief Minister will write a letter to the PM and take up the matter. We also appeal to the BJP and the leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur to take up the issue. We want to know if the former CM is with apple
Saturday's meeting to be held at the BJP headquarters here will be chaired by BJP national president JP Nadda. While a meeting of general secretaries will be held in the morning, a meeting of the morcha is scheduled in the evening.
Security personnel have been deployed in the area near the BJP regional office in Imphal, Manipur where a crowd had gathered earlier on Thursday evening. The crowd has been dispersed and now the situation is under control.
"More FIRs should be registered against him (Amit Malviya). If anyone is responsible for playing with truth, facts, people's images and country's reputation, it is the BJP IT cell," he said while addressing a press conference in Delhi.
The incident occurred in Sai Nagar Colony under Ratibad police station limits in the city in the early hours of Tuesday. Soon after the incident, the BJP leader, Rajendra Pandey is at large.
In a letter written to the West Bengal State Election Commission, the state unit of the BJP has called for various confidence-building measures ahead of the Panchayat polls.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Monday stated that the party's decision to choose Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the Panchayat Poll campaign has nothing to do with the BJP's strength in the state.
Taking a jab at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday stated that no amount of propaganda by the BJP and Modi government could cover up their failures in dealing with the Manipur violence.