A statement apparently directed at rebel Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari the Bengal ruling party on Friday said those who wanted to quit the outfit should do so immediately and those who wanted to remain in it should shun fears of Central agencies and continue its struggle against the BJP.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who held an organisational meeting of the party reportedly told veteran party leader, MP and East Midnapore district TMC president Sisir Adhikari to crack the whip on the TMC men involved in anti-party activities. Sisir Adhikari, a former Union Minister, is the father of Suvendu Adhikari.
“Those who want to quit the party please do it now,” Banerjee reportedly said in the meeting adding “those who will chose to remain in the party will have to shun the fear of central agencies and work selflessly descending on the streets here and now to fight against the BJP … we are not afraid of the central agencies which are being used to frighten many of our leaders … similarly you should also not be frightened of them.”
Banerjee apparently was meaning Adhikari whose name have figured in both Narada pay off case and chit fund scams allegedly making it easy for the BJP to coerce him into rebel against the ruling outfit.
Meanwhile, Adhikari was likely to make his press statement in the coming days during which he would make known his future political plans. His close associates said that a number of BJP leaders were in touch with him.