The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress released recordings of alleged phone calls of leaders from the opposing parties on S...
The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress released recordings of alleged phone calls of leaders from the opposing parties on Saturday, the first day of elections in West Bengal, reported NDTV. The authenticity of the tapes cannot be verified.
Senior BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya and Shishir Bajoria played an audio clip to the media in which a person they claim is TMC chief Mamata Banerjee can be heard talking to Proloy Pal, a follower of her former close aide Suvendu Adhikari, who had joined the BJP ahead of the polls.
In the alleged phone call, Banerjee can be heard requesting Pal to help the TMC in the Nandigram polls, according to The Hindu. “You are young person and do a lot of work, I know... Please help us out this time,” Banerjee can be heard saying. Pal, however, declined to help.
When Pal alleges that he was harassed by the TMC, the chief minister says that his “local leader” did not allow her to enter Nandigram. “Earlier, I was also not involved but today I am taking a stock of everything that is why this call,” she can be heard saying. Banerjee is purportedly referring to Adhikari as the “local leader” against whom she is contesting for the Nandigram seat.
Adhikari said the conversation was...
