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  • Sukanta Majumdar accident: Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar’s car meets with accident, leader escapes unhurt

    West Bengal BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar narrowly escaped injury when his car met with an accident on NH-34 in Shantipur, Nadia district, on Sunday, police said. Majumdar said the accident took place when his car, which was trying to overtake a bus, was hit by the trailing pilot car. Three persons in the pilot car sustained injuries, he said.

    “As the bus was blocking a side of the highway, my car tried to overtake it and collided with a guard rail put up on the same side by police. In the process, the trailing pilot car hit my car,” he said.

    “I escaped unhurt but three occupants of the pilot car were injured,” Majumdar, the Balurghat MP, said. Majumdar, who was fielded by the party from Balurghat Lok Sabha seat for the second time, was returning from a football tournament where he was the chief guest.

    He demanded an inquiry to determine if there was any conspiracy to target opposition BJP leaders in the state.

    A police official attributed the accident to congestion due to ongoing road repair works along the stretch, with the bus partly obstructing one side of the road. Meanwhile, the BJP’s West Bengal unit shared an image of two cars, claiming that Majumdar was the victim of a life-threatening attack as the police pilot car, allegedly partisan to the TMC, collided with his car at a high speed. “Majumdar was saved due to the support of people of Bengal. The injured security personnel were admitted to a hospital,” the party said on X.

    Countering BJP claims, West Bengal Police said when Majumdar was heading towards Krishnanagar along NH-34, his escort vehicle belonging to the CISF hit his car near Gobindapur within Santipur police station area resulting in “slight damage”.

    West Bengal Police expressed regret over attempts to “distort facts with an ulterior motive” by claiming that the vehicle involved in the collision belonged to the state police.

    “Stern legal acti-on is being initiated against those resorting to blatant lies and trying to incite people,” the X handle of Ranaghat Police District under West Bengal Police said.

  • ‘CAA will begin before 2024 elections…’: BJP State President Sukanta Majumdar – The Economic Times Video

    North 24 Parganas (WB): West Bengal BJP State President Sukanta Majumdar on January 30 said that CAA will begin before the 2024 elections. Sukanta Majumdar said, “The CAA will begin before the 2024 elections. We have complete faith in our Union Home Minister… If Amit Shah has said he will implement the CAA, then he will definitely do it. It is not under Mamata Banerjee’s jurisdiction.” The CAA, introduced by the Narendra Modi government, aims to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants, including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians, who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India before December 31, 2014. Following the passage of the CAA by Parliament in December 2019 and its subsequent presidential assent, significant protests erupted in various parts of the country.

  • Arrests of Anubrata, Partha: BJP to take out march to Nabanna against ‘corrupt’ Mamata government

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Upping the ante in the fight against the TMC, following the arrest of two of its leaders, the Bengal BJP has given the call for march to ‘Nabanna’ – the state secretariat – on September 7 in protest against the “corrupt” TMC regime.

    Addressing a rally in Esplanade area here, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should “step down” following the arrest of senior minister Partha Chatterjee and party leader Anubrata Mondal in corruption cases.

    TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal was arrested by CBI for allegedly not cooperating in its probe in a cattle smuggling case on Thursday, just three weeks after the Enforcement Directorate picked up another heavyweight leader Partha Chatterjee in a school recruitment scam.

    “The state is presently witnessing the most corrupt government since independence. Senior minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested in School Service Commission scam, and another TMC leader, Anubrata Mondal, was held in a cattle smuggling case. The chief minister, being the head of the government and the party, must step down immediately,” Majumdar said.

    Chatterjee, who was arrested on July 23 by the ED in a school recruitment scam, was stripped of his cabinet portfolios and party posts within five days of his arrest.

    He is presently in judicial custody.

    Mondal has been remanded in 10-day custody of the CBI.

    “We have decided to take out a march to Nabanna on September 7, seeking the resignation of the CM. The march will held in protest against the corrupt government of the state. Lakhs of people across the state will join the protest,” he said.

    Speaking at the programme, BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said the day is not far when the cabinet meeting of the West Bengal government will be held inside the jail compound.

    “In near future, the top brass of the ruling TMC would be behind bars on corruption charges. The arrest of Partha Chatterjee and Anubrata Mondal is just the beginning; the party will lose many more wickets in the days to come,” he said.

    Reacting sharply to their comments, TMC MP Santanu Sen accused the saffron camp of trying to vitiate the atmosphere of the state.

    “The BJP, out of frustration in Bengal, is now trying to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the state. Our party has made it very clear that it will not compromise on the issue of corruption or any wrongdoings,” he said.

    The TMC, during the day, took out protest rallies in various parts of the state, accusing the CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED) of acting as “frontal organizations” of the BJP at the Centre.

    KOLKATA: Upping the ante in the fight against the TMC, following the arrest of two of its leaders, the Bengal BJP has given the call for march to ‘Nabanna’ – the state secretariat – on September 7 in protest against the “corrupt” TMC regime.

    Addressing a rally in Esplanade area here, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should “step down” following the arrest of senior minister Partha Chatterjee and party leader Anubrata Mondal in corruption cases.

    TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal was arrested by CBI for allegedly not cooperating in its probe in a cattle smuggling case on Thursday, just three weeks after the Enforcement Directorate picked up another heavyweight leader Partha Chatterjee in a school recruitment scam.

    “The state is presently witnessing the most corrupt government since independence. Senior minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested in School Service Commission scam, and another TMC leader, Anubrata Mondal, was held in a cattle smuggling case. The chief minister, being the head of the government and the party, must step down immediately,” Majumdar said.

    Chatterjee, who was arrested on July 23 by the ED in a school recruitment scam, was stripped of his cabinet portfolios and party posts within five days of his arrest.

    He is presently in judicial custody.

    Mondal has been remanded in 10-day custody of the CBI.

    “We have decided to take out a march to Nabanna on September 7, seeking the resignation of the CM. The march will held in protest against the corrupt government of the state. Lakhs of people across the state will join the protest,” he said.

    Speaking at the programme, BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said the day is not far when the cabinet meeting of the West Bengal government will be held inside the jail compound.

    “In near future, the top brass of the ruling TMC would be behind bars on corruption charges. The arrest of Partha Chatterjee and Anubrata Mondal is just the beginning; the party will lose many more wickets in the days to come,” he said.

    Reacting sharply to their comments, TMC MP Santanu Sen accused the saffron camp of trying to vitiate the atmosphere of the state.

    “The BJP, out of frustration in Bengal, is now trying to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the state. Our party has made it very clear that it will not compromise on the issue of corruption or any wrongdoings,” he said.

    The TMC, during the day, took out protest rallies in various parts of the state, accusing the CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED) of acting as “frontal organizations” of the BJP at the Centre.

  • Prophet row: BJP Bengal chief holds demonstration in Kolkata; Suvendu prevented from visiting violence-hit Howrah

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday held a sit-in before the statue of Mahatma Gandhi here protesting against the alleged failure of the West Bengal government to contain violence in Howrah district.

    The Gandhi statue at the Mayo Road-Dufferin Road crossing in central Kolkata has been witness to numerous protests.

    Majumdar, who started his agitation around noon, also flayed the alleged attempt of the TMC-run government to stop opposition leaders from meeting people, hit by the recent violence.

    Widespread violence broke out in Howrah district on Friday over inflammatory comments by now-suspended BJP functionaries Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal.

    The BJP leader alleged that the police had not taken prompt action to prevent the violence from spiralling in Panchla, Uluberia, Dhulagarh in Howrah district, and Beldanga in Murshidabad district at the outset.

    Majumdar and his supporters were arrested on Saturday while trying to visit Howrah district where several saffron party offices were attacked, as the district was under prohibitory orders and gatherings of five or more people were banned there.

    The BJP leader and his companions were, however, later released.

    TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh told reporters, “The BJP has no moral right to talk on the issue as the comments of Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal triggered the outrage and hurt the sentiments of people of a particular community and lowered the image of the country abroad.”

    High drama was witnessed at Tamluk in Purba Medinipur district on Sunday afternoon as West Bengal Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari was prevented by police from visiting violence-hit areas in Howrah.

    He was later allowed to proceed after a two-hour-long stand-off on the condition that he would go straight to Kolkata, without making any pit stop in violence-hit areas in adjoining Howrah district.

    Adhikari said he would move the court on Monday over being prevented from visiting the areas affected by violent protests over controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad by now suspended BJP spokespersons.

    Police claimed preventing him from travelling to Howrah was a “precautionary measure” as prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been clamped in many areas in the district and his visit may have caused law and order problems.

    Adhikari was moving with his security entourage when he was stopped by a huge police team at Radharani More in Tamluk.

    He was not accompanied by any other BJP leader.

    “We have received information that Adhikari was planning to visit Howrah district, in parts of which Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed. So, as a precautionary measure, we had to prevent him from going there as his visit may have caused a law and order problem,” a senior police officer told PTI.

    Adhikari remained seated inside the vehicle, claiming he had no intention of visiting Howrah.

    He was also reluctant to return to his hometown Kanthi in Purba Medinipur district from where he had started.

    He engaged in heated arguments with police officers present at the spot, stating that he wanted to have lunch and take rest at a guest house in Kolaghat in Purba Medinipur district, before proceeding to Kolkata.

    “I have been unlawfully obstructed by @WBPolice on NH 116 at Radhamoni under Tamluk PS. @MedinipurSp is there a Curfew in place in Purba Medinipur District or Section 144 has been imposed? I am moving towards Kolaghat for having lunch. How is it prohibited?” Adhikari said in a series of tweets from the spot.

    “I wonder why @WBPolice DGP @mmalaviya1 is using the Police personnel to obstruct @BJP4Bengal leadership when the need of the hour is to deploy them across WB where rioters are having a free run destroying & looting public & private properties,” he added.

    Adhikari said he has a programme to attend at Indian Museum in Kolkata in the afternoon and assembly session will take place on Monday.

    After this, police allowed him to proceed but on the condition that he won’t make any pit stop in troubled areas in Howrah district and go straight to Kolkata, ending the two-hour-long stand-off.

    Upon reaching Kolkata, Adhikari straightaway went to the site of party colleague and state BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar’s sit-in demonstration against alleged failure of the Mamata Banerjee government in containing violent incidents in Howrah.

    “I did not get down from my vehicle, even while passing by our gutted party office in Uluberia. I offered by tributes with folded hands as the car slowed down. We will later purify it with Ganga water,” he said.

    Adhikari alleged that he was not treated in a proper manner and such treatment was never meted out to the then LoPs Pankaj Banerjee or Partha Chatterjee during the previous Left Front rule.

    He also alleged that Majumdar was prevented from visiting Howrah on Saturday to “hide” torching of properties by a mob in Panchla.

    Majumdar was arrested on Saturday afternoon when he was heading towards Howrah district.

    He was later released.

    In an apparent reference to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, Adhikari said, “Only aunt and nephew are given security by police in the state.”

    Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar also sought an update from Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi over Adhikari not being allowed to visit Howrah.

    “Chief Secretary @chief_west has been called to effect immediate response to the communication sent by Hon’ble Leader of Opposition. This in context of earlier curtailment of his rights is inappropriate. Why have undeclared emergency!” the governor tweeted, sharing an image of a letter earlier written by Adhikari to Dwivedi urging the administration not to prevent him from visiting damaged BJP party offices.

    In the letter, Adhikari wrote, “many BJP party offices in Howrah district have been vandalised and as the LoP, I will be visiting such vandalised offices alone. The question of violating Sec 144 of CrPC does not arise. I will hereby require your good office to ensure I am not prevented from visiting the vandalised party offices in Howrah.”

    Before leaving his home, Adhikari had said he would move the court on Monday if he was stopped from visiting vandalised BJP offices in Howrah district.

    His assertion came after Kanthi Police Station in Purba Medinipur district issued a letter asking him not to visit Howrah as prohibitory orders are clamped in several areas in the district.

    The letter, issued by the officer-in-charge of Kanthi Police Station, stated that concern over his security was the main reason for asking him not to visit parts of Howrah district where Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed.

    “I will visit our party offices in Howrah district that were ransacked. Police have asked me not to visit areas where Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed. But I will not violate prohibitory orders as I will go there alone.”

    “If I am stopped by the police, I will move the court tomorrow (Monday). An LoP can’t be stopped from visiting a trouble-torn area,” Adhikari said before leaving his Kanthi residence.

    “After putting BJP WB President Sukanta Majumdar under detention, Mamata Banerjee is now ensuring that LoP Suvendu Adhikari is not able to visit Howrah, where BJP offices have been gutted.

    Her entire focus is on the opposition, not on rampaging ‘Dudhel Gais’ (milch cows), as she calls them,” BJP’s West Bengal co-in charge Amit Malviya tweeted.

    Reacting to the development, senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh alleged that Adhikari wanted to visit Howrah with the intention of fanning trouble.

    “What is the need for visiting areas where Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed? He wanted to visit Howrah to create trouble.

    The BJP wants to destroy the peaceful atmosphere in the state,” he said.

    State minister Sashi Panja said that Adhikari should cooperate with the state administration for maintenance of law and order.

    “Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC is already imposed in the areas Adhikari wanted to visit. He should not visit those places as it might cause trouble,” she said.

    Protests erupted in several parts of Howrah district on Friday over controversial remarks by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled leader Naveen Jindal on Prophet Mohammad.

    Agitators resorted to stone-pelting, setting police vehicles on fire and damaging public property during violent protests and clashes with the law enforcers in the district.

    Fresh violent protests were reported in Panchla on Saturday.

    Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been clamped in several areas of Howrah including Uluberia, Panchla and Domjur till June 15 and internet services have been suspended in the entire district till June 13 to prevent the spread of misinformation.

    A lawyer has filed a complaint against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma with the Contai police station, police said here on Sunday.

    Abu Sohel, who stated that he is a lawyer, filed the complaint through an e-mail dated June 11 to the inspector in charge of Contai police station in Purba Medinipur district.

    He sought that an FIR be registered against Sharma for her remarks.

    A senior officer of Contai police station said that the e-mail has been received.

    Sharma who made an objectionable statement about the Prophet during a TV debate on the Gyanvapi controversy was suspended by the saffron party after many Islamic countries raised objections to it.

  • Bengal BJP president arrested on way to violence-hit Howrah; Governor appeals for peace

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: BJP’s West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar was arrested on Saturday afternoon when he tried to visit violence-hit Howrah district, police said.

    Majumdar, the MP of Balurghat in Uttar Dinajpur, was arrested near the toll plaza on Vidyasagar Setu, they said.

    “Mr Majumdar was trying to travel to Howrah where prohibitory orders under CrPC 144 have been clamped. His visit could have created a law and order situation. This is a preventive arrest,” a senior police officer told PTI.

    Violence rocked parts of Howrah on Friday following the inflammatory remarks of now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammed.

    Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday expressed concern over the “worsening law and order” situation in the state, following protests in several parts of Howrah district.

    He asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to deal sternly with the problem and take action against lawbreakers.

    “Concerned at worsening law & order situation. Inaction @chief_west@WBPolice @KolkataPolice is unfortunate endorsement of the criminality of law violators. Appeal #MamataBanerjee to sternly deal with lawbreakers. All involved be identified and arrested,” Dhankhar wrote on Twitter.

    The situation in Howrah, which witnessed violent protests against controversial remarks of suspended BJP spokespersons, was peaceful on Saturday morning, officials said.

    Protesters clashed with police personnel in Dhulagarh, Panchla and Uluberia areas when law enforcers tried to end a blockade on a national highway stretch on Friday.

    They set police vehicles on fire and damaged public property during the agitations.

    Internet services have been suspended across the district till June 13 and prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC imposed in several areas such as Uluberia, Domjur and Panchla till June 15.

    Commuters had to face problems as road and railway tracks were blocked by protesters in the district.

    Several local and express trains were cancelled due to the violence.

  • ‘Cut taxes on fuel in 15 days’: BJP threatens protests in Bengal

    Speaking to reporters, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said the state government should give some relief to the people when the Centre has cleared all the GST dues.

  • None becomes seasoned overnight, Bengal BJP chief on Dilip Ghosh’s ‘new’ leader remark 

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Days after BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said Sukanta Majumdar, who succeeded him as the party’s West Bengal unit president, is relatively new for his post, the incumbent state chief on Sunday asserted that none becomes seasoned overnight.

    Majumdar, the MP of Balurghat in north Bengal, said that every person is new when appointed to a post and Ghosh was no exception when he became the state party president for the first time in 2015.

    Ghosh, however, struck a conciliatory note during the day saying he had meant that being new for the post, Majumdar will be able to impart a fresh approach and give a dynamic leadership to the state BJP.

    Majumdar, who had declined to comment initially, said: “Dilipda is a senior leader, but let me point out that when someone first takes over, he is new to the post. None becomes experienced overnight.”

    “When Dilip-da had been appointed as the state BJP head, he was relatively new. It happens to every occupant of every post,” he told reporters to a question.

    Ghosh had said on Thursday that Majumdar should take everyone along and the party should work as a united force to be able to fight against the alleged misrule of the Trinamool Congress.

    “Sukanta Majumdar is comparatively new; it is quite obvious that he is taking time to adjust,” he had said.

    His comments were preceded by the party’s recent debacle in by-polls in the state, following which several senior BJP members hit out at the state unit leadership for allegedly failing to identify the “lacunae” plaguing the party.

    However, Ghosh said on Sunday: “what I meant was Sukanta Majumdar being a fresh face helming the BJP in West Bengal will be able to give a new thrust to the fight against the Trinamool Congress.”

    “Everyone has his own style of functioning. I am ready to extend all cooperation to Sukanta. We have been working in unison,” he told reporters.

    Majumdar replaced Ghosh as the state party unit chief in September 2021, months after the BJP faced an electoral drubbing in the assembly election.

    However, Ghosh became the national vice-president then.

    The party also did not fare well in later elections and its internal bickering came to the fore.

    TMC candidate Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha defeated the BJP’s Agnimitra Paul by over 3,00,000 votes in the Asansol Lok Sabha by-election.

    Former Union minister Babul Supriyo, who quit the BJP to join the TMC last year, clinched the Ballygunge assembly seat in Kolkata in a by-poll, beating his nearest CPI(M) rival by 20,228 votes.

    The BJP came third there. 

  • Will intensify protests if TMC govt doesn’t reduce VAT on fuel, warns Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday said his party will intensify its protest against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government for not reducing VAT on fuel and threatened to march to state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ with ‘thousands of its supporters’ in future if their demand is not fulfilled.

    The Centre had on November 3 slashed excise duties on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 10 per litre respectively and urged the states to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT), a revenue enjoyed by the state, on fuel to give further relief to people.

    Over 20 states, mostly NDA -ruled ones, followed suit by reducing VAT on fuel, but some states, including West Bengal, have not done so.

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    The eastern state, instead, urged the Centre to reduce the base price of oil and restructure the Centre-state tax structure.

    Majumdar told reporters during a protest rally by the BJP at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district that once the COVID-19 restrictions on the congregation of people are lifted by the government, “we will march towards ‘Nabanna’ with thousands of our supporters demanding immediate reduction of VAT for giving some benefit to the common man.”

    The rally turned unruly with the protestors squatting on the road and raising slogans against the state government when the police prevented the processionists from proceeding beyond the Baruipur flyover.

    Alleging that the law enforcers were stopping a democratic movement under instructions from the ruling party, Majumdar said, “The police have become a slave of their political masters here”.

  • Bengal BJP set for organisational rejig after 2021 electoral debacle

    Express News Service

    KOLKATA:  A major organisational rejig in BJP’s West Bengal unit is likely to take place following the party’s poor show in the assembly elections and the recent by-elections for four assembly seats, in which the party failed to retain its two constituencies.

    The changes will be decided at a high-level meeting soon in Delhi in the presence of the party’s national president JP Nadda.

    Several new faces are expected to be inducted in the state committee and existing district committees are also likely to witness major changes.

    “The reshuffle will mainly be focused on three factors — addressing the assembly election debacle, defection of party workers and handling intra-party rift. Some district presidents may get elevated in the state committee. Six-seven district presidents, including those of Kolkata North, Malda and Burdwan, are among those who may be changed,’’ said a BJP leader in Bengal.

    Sukanta Majumdar, the newly appointed state BJP president, said the upcoming rejig will take place before the civic polls in Kolkata and Howrah.

    “The ruling Trinamool Congress wants to get the civic polls conducted before the winter festivity that will start from December 25. The municipal election will have no impact on our possibly organisational rejig,” he said.       

    Majumdar has taken charge of the party at a time when the Bengal BJP is faced with a reverse flow to the TMC. 

    Since its unimpressive performance in the assembly elections, the party has seen the defection of five MLAs to the TMC and a few other prominent faces who had joined before the polls. 

    Sources said in the meeting to rejig BJP’s Bengal unit, Majumdar and the leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari will also be present.

    “Majumdar’s recommendation will play a major role in the rejig. He has to deliver if he wants to arrest the erosion at the grassroots which also witnessed a largescale defection after the Assembly polls,” said another BJP leader.

    Will be BJP’s conscience-keeper: Roy

    BJP leader Tathagata Roy on Sunday asserted that he has no plan to quit the party and will continue to play the role of “conscience-keeper”, a day after Dilip Ghosh said he was free to leave the party if he was “upset over its style of functioning.

  • Trinamool Congress, BJP spar over fuel tax

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: The TMC on Saturday alleged that the BJP was indulging in “cheap politics” over fuel tax, even as the saffron camp said that it “might be forced to organise protests,” if the state government does not slash Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel.

    The Centre recently reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 10 respectively, and many states, including Odisha and Bihar, followed suit and cut VAT on the two products.

    West Bengal, however, hasn’t made any similar announcement followed by the state unit of BJP urging the Mamata Banerjee government to take a cue from the Centre and provide relief to people.

    TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, “The BJP is doing cheap politics over fuel prices as its inertia in stemming the skyrocketing prices of petrol, diesel and LPG has been exposed. It has slashed excise duty on petrol and diesel a bit, fine! But that is too little, too less.”

    Stating that the revenue realised from fuel tax by the Centre is far more than that of states, Ghosh further suggested that some parity should be maintained.

    BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, on his part, contended that “we might be forced to go on protest,” if the Mamata Banerjee government did not reduce VAT on fuel.

    Sukanta Majumder, the Bengal president of the saffron camp, also demanded an immediate cut on the tax levied by the state on petrol and diesel.

    “Opposition-ruled states like West Bengal and Delhi among others are not doing their bit. Mind it, the Biplab Deb government in Tripura has substantially reduced VAT. The TMC has been levelling multiple allegations against the Tripura government, but it wouldn’t do its part in Bengal,” he added.