Coming down heavily on the BJP over the violent incidents in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the party hired "goons from Bihar" to incite violence.
"We repeatedly said that the BJP and their allied organizations try to vitiate the communal atmosphere. You may remember a year ago when Nitish Kumar was running the NDA government in Bihar. Even at that time, the son of a Union minister had tried to spoil the communal atmosphere in Bhagalpu
"On one side, the BJP says why does Rahul Gandhi not go to the judiciary for his case, and when he does, the BJP has a problem with it. Rahul Gandhi has said that he will not get afraid. He will not bow down before Amit Shah, Modi. He will go before the judiciary itself," the Congress MP
For the ensuing Karnataka Assembly elections, the BJP is looking forward to adopting the same strategy it used during the Gujarat elections -- of fielding leaders from across the states in the campaign.
The BJP's West Bengal president and MP, Sukanta Majumdar, on Sunday hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the killing of a party worker in Purba Bardhaman district, saying law and order had collapsed in the state.
The BJP leader was reacting over the death of a party worker Raju Jha, who was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants on Saturday night in Shaktigarh of Purba Bardhaman in West Bengal.