BJP Accuses Trinamool Leader Of Insulting Scheduled Castes, Seeks Action

Alleging that M Khan's remarks are against the constitutional values, the BJP urged the commission to request the Election Commission to derecognise the regional party.

The BJP will launch major protests in West Bengal against the alleged disparaging comments of a TMC leader about scheduled castes, as the party looks to step up its campaign in the remaining phases of the state assembly polls. A delegation of BJP's Dalit MPs, including party general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam, Sunita Duggal and Hansraj Hans besides its SC wing head Lal Singh Arya, submitted a memorandum to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, seeking action against TMC leader Sujata Mondal Khan. Alleging that Ms Khan's remarks are against the constitutional values, the BJP urged the commission to request the Election Commission to derecognise the regional party. Ms Khan had recently allegedly likened the scheduled castes in West Bengal to beggars for the community's support to the BJP in large numbers.