The Trinamool accused the BJP of attempting to divert consideration from its MP who had issued passes.
Kolkata:
Suvendu Adhikari, the Chief of Opposition within the West Bengal Meeting, on Saturday alleged that Lalit Jha, the alleged mastermind within the Parliament safety breach case, was related to the youth wing of the Trinamool Congress.
The Trinamool Congress has, nonetheless, dismissed the allegation.
In a significant safety breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror assault on Wednesday, two males jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the general public gallery throughout Zero Hour, launched yellow-coloured smoke from canisters and raised slogans, earlier than being overpowered by the MPs.
“Lalit Jha is rank and file of Trinamool Yuva,” Mr Adhikari, the BJP MLA from Nandigram, advised reporters at Bagdogra airport.
Mr Adhikari claimed that Jha’s photographs with numerous TMC leaders, together with MLA and councillors and TMC Yuva leaders within the state, have come to the fore.
“He’s a recognized face of Trinamool Congress youth wing,” he alleged.
Jha and his relations, who hail from Bihar’s Darbhanga, have been residing in Kolkata for a couple of a long time
Dismissing Mr Adhikari’s allegation, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh advised PTI that Jha was by no means related to the ruling occasion in West Bengal.
“The most important query is why have been passes to the 2 individuals who breached the Parliament safety given by a BJP MP,” Mr Ghosh mentioned.
BJP MP Pratap Simha had issued customer passes to the 2 individuals.
The TMC spokesperson mentioned that the BJP was adopting diversionary ways to show the glare from its occasion MP.
“It’s a failure of the Union Dwelling Ministry,” he mentioned.
The invention of Jha’s Kolkata connection sparked a political debate with West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday alleging TMC MLA Tapas Roy’s affiliation with the accused.
Mr Majumdar posted two images on his social media deal with, wherein Jha is purportedly seen with Mr Roy and different individuals, and known as for an investigation.
PTI couldn’t independently confirm the authenticity of the pictures.
The TMC MLA denied understanding Jha and claimed that the BJP was attempting to shift the blame.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)