Bharati Ghosh, the BJP candidate from West Bengal’s Ghatal constituency, has kicked up a row by threatening Trinamool Congress workers. In the video, reportedly shot at Anandapur area in the constituency, Ghosh can be seen telling two Trinamool workers that she will get 1,000 men from Uttar Pradesh to beat up locals. Ghosh, once a close aide of the chief minister Mamata Banerjee, resigned in 2017, after she was transferred out of West Midnapore. I will call a thousand people from Uttar Pradesh to beat you up." (4/5) pic.twitter.com/GvX650F6n9 — ANI (@ANI) May 5, 2019The chief minister reacted to Ghosh’s remarks and asked her to stop threatening people.

Source: Hindustan Times May 05, 2019 09:11 UTC