BJP Hingalganj MLA Rekha Patra (file picture)
Because I am not highly educated, the Basirhat organisational district committee misleads and humiliates me all the time. I won’t tolerate this,” she said.
Kolkata: Rekha Patra, BJP MLA from Hingalganj and a prominent face of the Sandeshkhali protests, has publicly accused colleagues in her party’s Basirhat organisational district of humiliating her and calling her “uneducated” because of her lack of formal schooling. Patra said she remained active in her constituency regardless of district-level support. “My office remains crowded from 5am to 5pm with people bringing their grievances,” she said. If she felt aggrieved, that is her personal perception,” he said, adding that seniors were reviewing the matter ahead of panchayat elections .
“I am being misled by the district leadership. I am invited to programmes only to be demeaned. Sukalyan Baidya, president of the Basirhat BJP organisational district, rejected her account. “We have always extended the respect she deserves as a member of the district committee and as an MLA.
Speaking to reporters in Barasat on Friday, Patra said she had stopped attending district-level events in protest and called on party seniors to examine the matter.