BJP MP from Barrackpore, Arjun Singh has alleged that the Bengal Government was trying to eliminate him in a police encounter.
“The police seem to have been attempting an encounter with me, my son Pawan Singh — an MLA from Bhatpara constituency, my wife and other family members,” Singh has alleged wondering “In fear of losing your seat how low will you stoop Didi (Mamata Banerjee)?”
Once a Trinamool Congress strongman, known for his close proximity to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee before switching sides to the saffron outfit before 2019 general elections when he defeated Dinesh Trivedi the sitting Trinamool MP, Singh has been engaged in a fierce turf war with the TMC for a control over Barrackpore which has witnessed a number of shootouts in recent times.
Singh’s comment came soon after a team of senior police officials descended at his house with to carry out search operation in the premises. “I told them you cannot search the place on basis of information. You don’t have a warrant or any evidence. They said they cannot show me proof officially to which I said that they cannot search the house of an MP and MLA just like that” Pawan Singh later said adding the “they had come with ulterior intentions.”
Refuting Singh’s charges senior Bengal Minister and the president of TMC’s North 24 Parganas district Jyotipriya Mullick said “He has been in the TMC for years and we know him very well. He can do anything to stick to power and money. He is running a goonda raj in Barrackpore and whatever he is saying is a part of perpetrating that goonda raj.”
Saying that the people of Bengal will not spare the BJP and those of Barrackpore will give him a befitting reply Mullick said “not only the TMC but all other parties are afraid of Arjun Singh in Barrackpore.
No other political party can carry out any political activity in that area because of him. He is bringing in goons from Bihar and UP to perpetrate of dirty game here.”
Singh had made similar allegations earlier too when he complained to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar saying a large posse of police force from Barrackpore Commissionerate had attempted to assassinate the BJP MP and his family members in the month of May.