Dilip takes a dig at Abhishek

Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh took an oblique jibe at Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee, calling him “khokababu” (a minor) who got things on a platter, hours after Banerjee called Ghosh a “goonda” from a public meeting at Muchisa in South 24 Parganas on Sunday.

Soon after, Banerjee got a legal notice from Ghosh’s office for making “derogatory, demeaning and aspersive” remarks and asking the TMC leader to withdraw the same within three days.

“We used to call him bhaipo (nephew) out of love. What’s the harm in it? But I would like to call him khokababu from now, who became an MP without hard work. And those who toiled for the party have to stand in front of him with folded hands,” Ghosh said.

The BJP state president didn’t take Banerjee’s calling him a “goonda” personally. “If standing by the people makes us a goonda, so be it. We will do that more. Abhishek Banerjee has seen nothing of a goonda till now. They (Trinamool) will get a taste of their own medicine,” Ghosh said, stepping up the pitch months ahead of the Bengal assembly polls.

Ghosh later brought a serious charge on the government saying efforts were on to turn Paschim Bangla into Paschim Bangladesh. To substantiate the charge, the BJP leader pointed to the infiltration from Bangladesh. “Terrorists are using the state as a corridor,” he said.


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