TMC MLA Abdur Rahim Boxi (x.com/TusharKantiBJP)
NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP spokesperson Tushar Kanti Ghosh on Sunday accused Trinamool Congress MLA Abdur Rahim Boxi of threatening “acid attacks” on the state’s BJP legislators.“Listen to what TMC’s terrorist leader from Malda, Abdur Rahim, is saying. He’s openly threatening acid attacks on BJP MLAs. Maybe they don’t realise that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government weeds out terrorists,” Ghosh posted on X, along with a video of the Malatipur MLA’s speech. “That’s why, when it comes to such Taliban-style TMC members, we know exactly how to deal with them democratically,” Ghosh added.In the video, TMC’s Malda district chief is heard saying: “One BJP legislator recently described a section of the migrant workers from West Bengal as Rohingyas and Bangladeshi infiltrators. I warn him that I will pour acid down his throat in such a way that his voice will become silent forever.”He also gave a call to the people to boycott the BJP and destroy the party flags.The remarks appeared to be directed at BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh, the party’s chief whip in the West Bengal assembly, who had earlier referred to migrant workers from the state as “Bangladeshis” and “Rohingyas.”On Thursday, Ghosh and four other BJP legislators were suspended from the assembly for repeatedly disrupting a three-day special session called to discuss “attacks on Bengali-speaking migrant workers” in several states, including those ruled by the BJP.West Bengal is scheduled to hold assembly elections in May 2026, where the Trinamool Congress, led by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, will seek a fourth straight term in power.
