"He insulted Bengalis...": TMC's Abdur Rahim Bakshi clarifies controversial 'acid' remarks against Shankar Ghosh

Malda (West Bengal) [India], September 8 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) person Abdur Rahim Bakshi has issued a clarification aft sparking a contention with his reported remarks threatening to 'pour acid' into BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh's mouth.

Bakshi said his comments were successful effect to Ghosh's alleged connection successful the Assembly that 'all migrant workers are Rohingya and Bangladeshi.' He argued that specified remarks insulted Bengalis.

'...In the Vidhan Sabha, a BJP MLA made a connection that each migrant workers are Rohingya and Bangladeshi. This is wholly false. We're Indians, we're Bengalis... How could helium accidental that? He insulted Bengalis and Bengal... That's wherefore I made that statement. A Bengali MLA can't accidental specified things against Bengalis. That's wherefore I suggested pouring acerb down his throat, truthful his pharynx closes and helium ne'er says these things again,' Bakshi told ANI.

BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh powerfully condemned the remarks, questioning Bakshi's legitimacy arsenic a legislator, and likening the concern successful West Bengal to a 'Taliban regime'.

'I don't cognize whether they are called MLAs oregon criminals... You tin justice however Mamata Banerjee runs this authorities by this MLA's connection that helium volition determination acerb connected the BJP MLAs... The hooliganism dispersed each implicit West Bengal tin beryllium compared with the Taliban regime. Mamata Banerjee is trying to found specified a authorities done appeasement authorities and musculus power... These TMC MLAs similar Rahim Bakshi are ever threatening to termination us... Such threats volition not halt america from moving for the radical and opposing their government,' Ghosh said.

TMC MLA Bakshi's remarks drew disapproval from some the BJP and the Congress.

'I person thing to accidental astir him. He volition spell to jailhouse arsenic soon arsenic the BJP comes to power... He is anti-national...' West Bengal LoP and BJP person Suvendu Adhikari said.

BJP's Pradeep Bhandari said that enactment workers would not beryllium intimidated. '... This intelligibly shows that TMC wants to endanger the radical of Bengal who exposure their enactment of infiltrators and Rohingyas for their ballot bank... I privation to archer Mamata Banerjee that she tin bash immoderate she wants. BJP workers volition not bow down, beryllium afraid, oregon stop, due to the fact that they judge successful PM Modi's improvement vision...' helium said.

West Bengal Congress president Subhankar Sarkar besides condemned Bakshi's words, urging the TMC to instrumentality strict enactment against him.

'...I powerfully condemn it. What is the quality betwixt him and a criminal?... I entreaty to the nationalist to place specified radical and marque them look decision successful the elections...I entreaty to his enactment (Trinamool Congress) to instrumentality strict enactment against him and suspend him from the party...' Sarkar said.

Meanwhile, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh defended Bakshi, claiming that his connection was not meant to beryllium taken virtually and that helium had been referring to a opus 'Ek, Do, Teen' from the movie 'Tezaab' portion criticising Shankar Ghosh.

'I don't cognize what helium said. There was a opus 'Ek Do Teen' successful the movie 'Tezaab'... What Shankar Ghosh is saying is foul...Abdur Rahim Bakshi gets angry, but helium is not talking astir physically utilizing acerb connected him...He is counting however galore times Shankar Ghosh is doing thing incorrect by counting 'Ek, Do, Teen',' helium said. (ANI)