MADLA: Actor-turned-politician Locket Chatterjee has issued a warning stating that those trying to stop BJP's rath yatra in West Bengal, “will get crushed under the wheels of the chariot”. Speaking at a public meeting in Malda district, the chief of BJP's women's wing in Bengal, said, “The main purpose of the rath yatras is to restore democracy in West Bengal. We have said this earlier too that the heads of those who try to stop the 'rath yatras' will get crushed under the wheels of the chariot.” The BJP has planned three rath yatras in West Bengal on December 5, 6, and 7.
They will be kicked off by party chief Amit Shah, and cover 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. The party intends to hold a massive rally in Kolkata at the conclusion of the yatras, which will most likely be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee condemned Locket's comments, and said the BJP leaders are making provocative statements to disturb peace and stability of the state. He said, “The BJPs' main aim is to push its communal agenda in Bengal. That is why they are making these provocative comments. But the people of Bengal will defeat the divisive politics of the BJP.”
Chatterjee had triggered a controversy in August, after demanding an Assam-like National Register of Citizens or NRC in Bengal as well. He controversial remarks have in the past, angered the Election Commission too. The poll panel had filed a First Information Report or FIR against her in 2016, for allegedly threatening the presiding officer of a booth in Birbhum district.
