Aligarh: A BJP youth wing leader here has sparked a new controversy after he announced a bounty of Rs 11 lakh on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee head.
While accusing Mamata Banerjee of targeting Hindus, Yogesh Varshney said on Tuesday, “Those who will cut and bring West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee head, I will give that person Rs.11 lakh."
“Mamata Banerjee never allows Saraswati Puja, fairs during Ram Navami and during Hanuman Jayanti procession, people were lathi charged and brutally beaten up. She organizes Iftar party and always supports Muslims," he added.
#BREAKING -- "₹11 lakh bounty on West Bengal CM @MamataOfficial's head," says BJP's youth leader Yogesh Varshney pic.twitter.com/049ZSiFmpR— News18 (@CNNnews18) April 12, 2017
On Tuesday, police in Suri in West Bengal's Birbhum district used batons to disperse a rally which shouted slogans in praise of "Shri Ram".
The police had set up an iron barrier which those in procession tried to break, prompting the law enforcers to make a lathicharge.
At another place on the outskirts of Suri, thousands of people had ignored a police ban on participating in a rally taken out under the aegis of an organisation observing Hanuman Jayanti.
The Suri Police had on Sunday told the organisers of Bir Hanuman Jayanti that it would not allow holding of any rally or meeting on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the organisers had asked the police to allow the rally after assuring that they would not carry arms.
However, the police did not budge from its stand.
West Bengal general secretary of BJP Sayantan Basu had on Tuesday alleged at a press meet at the party office that "The district administration at first had accorded permission, but later withdrew it on order of the TMC bosses."
Meanwhile, Opposition raised the issue in the Upper House of Parliament.
BSP supremo Mayawati said:"Just condemning the statement will not help. The state government should take action the BJP youth wing leader."
In Government's defence, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that the state government strongly condemn the remarks made BJP Neta. The West Bengal government can take action against the BJP Youth Wing leader.
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