Bharatiya Janata Party’s Union Minister for state Babul Supriyo has condemned the party’s West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh’s comment on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters. Supriyo has called Ghosh “irresponsible”.
On Sunday, Ghosh in a public rally in Nadia district said that those involved in damaging public property should be “shot” like they were in BJP-ruled states. He rued that the Mamata Banerjee government had not aimed a single bullet at the shaitans doing the same in Bengal.
In a tweet on Monday, Supriyo wrote, “BJP, as a party has nothing to do with what a DIlipGhosh may hv said•It is a figment of his imagination & BJP Govts in UP, Assam hv NEVER EVER resorted to shooting people for whatever reason whatsoever•Very irresponsible of DilipDa to hv said what he said.”
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Ghosh had also said that “our governments in Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Karnataka have shot these people like dogs.” He was saying that this was the most appropriate thing to do with the CAA protesters, who had gone on a rampage and destroyed public property in December 2019.
However, Ghosh reiterated what he had said earlier. Following Supriyo’s statement, he reacted saying, “People will speak differently on the issue as per their own understanding. I have said what our government has done (in other states) and we will act (in West Bengal) in the same way if the need arises.”
Leaders from other political parties have also condemned Ghosh for his remark, including Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao and Sujan Chakraborty from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) among others.
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