Sandeshkhali: Sexual harassment cases filed at behest of BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, claims video
The video featuring its Sandeshkhali unit chief allegedly making the claims is ‘tampered’, the Bharatiya Janata Party claimed.
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The Trinamool Congress on Saturday released a video purportedly showing a Bharatiya Janata Party leader claiming that sexual harassment complaints against functionaries of West Bengal’s ruling party in Sandeshkhali were filed at the behest of Suvendu Adhikari, a leader of the Hindutva party.
In the video, BJP’s Sandeshkhali unit chief Gangadhar Kayl, or Koyal, can be heard saying: “We got it done [complaints of sexual harassment in Sandeshkhali] as per instructions of Suvendu da [Suvendu Adhikari], he helped us. Suvendu da said if you do not do this, then you would not be able to get the strong people arrested and sustain yourself.”
“[We] asked to get these rape complaints made and I got it done…” the man can be heard claiming in the video. “They [women in Sandeshkhali] did whatever we told them to do. We told them that your protest won’t be successful until they [Shahjahan Sheikh and Shibu Prasad Hazra] are arrested.”
Reacting to the video, Trinamool Congress’ chief Mamata Banerjee said that the “shocking Sandeshkhali sting shows how deep the rot is within the BJP”.
Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee sought an apology from the central leadership of the BJP to the people of the state. If the BJP does not apologise,
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