BJP MP Apologises Publicly After Angry Outbursts On Facebook Against 2 Leaders

Saumitra Khan, during the BJP's youth wing meeting on Sunday, said "making a statement on Facebook was a blunder on my part".

Days after angry outbursts on social media against BJP leaders Suvendu Adhikari and Dilip Ghosh, the party's state youth wing chief Saumitra Khan on Sunday offered a public apology for his remarks and vowed to launch a more intense movement against the ruling Trinamool Congress. The MP from Bengal's Bishnapur, who had resigned as BJYM president only to withdraw it later on the insistence of the central leadership, had been maintaining a low profile ever since his posts on Facebook raised eyebrows in his party. Mr Khan, during the party's youth wing meeting on Sunday, said "making a statement on Facebook was a blunder on my part". "I am hereby offering an apology, seeking your forgiveness. I shouldn't have made such a comment on social media," he said in his address to the two leaders as party members clapped.