"Old Video": BJP Leader's Defence After 'Sandeshkhali Fake Rape' Claims Viral
NDTV
Speaking up against the Trinamool, BJP's Basirhat candidate, Rekha Patra, said that old videos of hers were being used to malign the movement.
Sandeshkhali, a small town in the heart of West Bengal, again finds itself at the epicenter of a political storm as allegations and counter-allegations fly between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), casting a shadow over the ongoing electoral battle in the state.
The latest salvo was fired by the TMC, who accused the BJP of spreading lies about the incidents in Sandeshkhali after several newly-surfaced videos claimed that a local female BJP leader made multiple women sign on blank papers, which were later filled up as complaints of sexual assault against TMC leaders.
The allegation was levelled within three days after the TMC took to social media to unveil a Sandeshkhali "sting operation" video featuring a local BJP leader Gangadhar Koyal who claimed that the rape allegations were "staged" and were lodged at the behest of state leader of the opposition, Suvendu Adhikari.
