In what could give the Bengal BJP leadership some sleepless nights ahead of the final phase of polling, a video footage of a local BJP leader Rakesh Singh — in which he is shown directing his people to attack the TMC and police — went viral on Wednesday.
Singh, who subsequently made conflicting statements — first telling that it was a doctored video and then “it is not the full video” — is seen in the footage directing the “members of the Fata Fati (breakers) gang” to “come prepared with rods and sticks and other things necessary for what you have been asked to do during the rally.”
He was telling the “Fata Fati gang” to take on the Trinamool men that “those who do not come prepared will be thrown out of the unit.” The gang has been raised as a combative unit of the BJP. He also reminded them repeatedly that the rally was meant for Amit Shah and we would like to make it a successful one at any cost. So, you have to take on the TMC goons and the police. Come prepared.
The message that was Whatsapped to the “gang” members subsequently went viral.
Incidentally, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday showed the footage in a rally at Agarpara telling to decide as to “who is the culprit.”