New Delhi, November 06, 2018: Mamata Banaerjee follows an ideology of simple living and violet thinking, Bapul Supriyo said at India Today Conclave East 2018
HIGHLIGHTS
- Under TMC, police has become ineffectual in West Bengal: Supriyo
- Mamata is practicing blatant communal politics: Supriyo
- Supriyo also spoke about the many controversies he was invovled in
Sarkar ko maarne ke liye unke soch ko maarna jaruri hai,” [If you want to defeat Sarkar, you must first destroy his ideology] a character from Ram Gopal Varma’s 2005 political thriller Sarkar famously said.
BJP leader and Union minister Bapul Supriyo today recited that quote on stage at the India Today Conclave East to explain what his party would attempt to do in West Bengal.
BJP is fighting the ideology of Mamata Banaerjee, an ideology of “simple living and violet thinking”, Supriyo said.
The MP from Asansol, was speaking at a session titled ‘The Great Easter Home — What Lies Ahead’ of the India Today Conclave East 2018. Surpiryo largely spoke about Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government’s management of law and order.
Supriyo alleged that under the Trinamool Congress rule, the West Bengal Police has become ineffectual and is not even allowed to take preventive measures to deal with violence.
“When was the last time you heard about tear gas being used in West Begnal?” Supriyo questioned. “I am not supporting police brutality or excesses, but the police [should be allowed to] take precautionary measures.”
Supriyo alleged that the Mamata Banerjee-led government followed a practice of delaying police action during times of violence so that TMC leaders could visit those affected and offer politically motivated “compensation”.
‘APPEASEMENT POLITICS’
Babul Supriyo rejected allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party was to blame for giving West Bengal politics a communal colour.
The BJP did not bring Ram Navami celebrations to West Bengal, Supriyo said in response to accusations that the saffron party was using the festival as a political tool and was vitiating the atmosphere in the state through passionate processions.
It is Mamata Banerjee who is “doing blatant communal politics”, Supriyo said. “Ram Navami has been happening in West Bengal for years.”
And because “Mamata di practices appeasement politics, the people the Bharatiya Janata Party stands up for are automatically the majority… and so then it becomes easy for you to call us right wing.”
CONTROVERSIES
At the India Today Conclave East, Supriyo, known to be a fiery leader, also explained some of the controversies that recently surrounded him.
In March this year, Supriyo was captured on video threatening to “skin people alive” while visiting a violence-hit area in West Bengal.
Supriyo admitted to have lost his cool and said that he had gotten into an argument with policemen who stopped him from meeting elderly women who wanted to talk to him. One of the police officers pushed me and I saw other policemen threaten the elderly women.
And so, in the heat of the moment I did make the threat, Supriyo said. However, “it was a figure of speech”.
Talking about another controversy where he was heard threatening to break a man’s leg at an event for the differently-abled, Supriyo said that his comment was “dark humour”.
Drawing a parallel with Michael Jackson, who once berated a crowd and then went on to sing a love song, Supriyo said he was merely “handling the crowd”, after threatening to break a man’s leg at an event for the differently abled.
There was “pandemonium inside the hall” where wheelchairs were being distributed and “so, since I am a performer, I tried to calm things down by saying what I did,” Supriyo said.
Supriyo said that his comment was “dark humour” but admitted that it was “absolutely politically incorrect”. “I have learnt from it,” Babul Surpriyo said.
Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)
