Arjun Singh
If I have to pour kerosene and set myself on fire in front of our state headquarters to protest against their induction, I will do so,” Bagchi said. I would urge him to rectify these mistakes,” Bagchi said. I have been in politics for so many years, and I know very well how politics is done,” he said.
Bagchi attacked party colleague and state transport minister Arjun Singh , accusing him of trying to bring the two former civic body chairmen into BJP. “If these people join our party, its image will be tarnished. A photograph of the event went viral, triggering anger among sections of the local BJP leadership and workers. “As Barrackpore MLA, party workers are expressing their anger to me. If senior netas like Arjun Singh continue making such mistakes, it will embarrass both us and the party. I have no personal grudge against him. “I will never allow people like Uttam Das and Prashanta Chowdhury, who have been accused in the Manish Shukla murder case, to join BJP. I will not allow them to enter the party under any circumstances,” he added. Singh dismissed the criticism. “Bagchi’s statement holds no value for me.
Kolkata: A factional feud erupted in BJP’s Barrackpore unit on Monday with party MLA Kaustav Bagchi threatening self-immolation if former Trinamool functionaries Uttam Das and Prashanta Chowdhury were inducted into the saffron camp. The controversy began after Das, the former chairman of Barrackpore Municipality, and Chowdhury, former chairman of Titagarh Municipality, were seen sharing stage with Singh at a Bijoya Sammilani programme in Barrackpore on Sunday.