Sandeshkhali Issue Conspiracy By BJP, Congress And CPM: Abhishek Banerjee
NDTV
Sources said the Trinamool Congress National General Secretary made the allegation during a meeting to discuss the party's preparations for the Lok Sabha elections.
The political wrangling over the allegations of women being harassed in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali loomed large over a Trinamool Congress meeting to prepare for the Lok Sabha polls, with senior party leader Abhishek Banerjee claiming that the issue is a conspiracy created by the BJP, Congress and the CPM, sources have told NDTV.
The Trinamool National General Secretary also questioned why Governor CV Ananda Bose had visited Sandeshkhali at the BJP's request but not Chopra - where four children died after falling in a pit dug for a drain - and asked his party leaders to highlight the alleged manhandling of Trinamool MPs by the Delhi police.
The BJP has alleged that women in Sandeshkhali were raped and sexually harassed by aides of local Trinamool strongman Sheikh Shahjahan. The Trinamool, on the other hand, has accused the BJP of attempting to foment trouble, and the state police have said they have received no complaints of rape.
