WB minister Babul Supriyo and BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay enter verbal spat over blowing of car horn
The Hindu
Verbal spat between West Bengal Minister Babul Supriyo and BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay over car horn incident.
West Bengal Minister Babul Supriyo and BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay entered into a verbal spat on the Vidyasagar bridge across river Hooghly over alleged blowing of car horn.
While Mr. Supriyo claimed that the Tamluk MP used foul language against him, Mr. Gangopadhyay maintained that it was the Minister who had used unparliamentary language against him on Friday (January 3, 2024) night.
"Babul Supriyo stopped my vehicle and used foul language," Mr. Gangopadhyay said, claiming that the Minister was apparently protesting the blowing of horn, which he said occurred behind another car and not that of Mr. Supriyo's vehicle.
Mr. Gangopadhyay, a former judge of the Calcutta High Court, said that Mr. Supriyo had stepped out of his car and used foul language against him.
Mr. Supriyo, the West Bengal Information Technology and Electronics Minister, however, claimed that he had only wanted to tell Mr. Gangopadhyay that his vehicle was being driven fast using a hooter.
"But he (Mr. Gangopadhyay) used foul language against me as I approached him," the singer-turned-politician said.
Mr. Supriyo, who was a Minister of State in the Narendra Modi government earlier, left the BJP to join the Trinamool Congress in September 2021.
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