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BJP leader's FB post against party MLA slammed

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Published date13 September 2021
AuthorRadhamadab Saha
Publication titleStatesman, The (India)
Mr Sarkar had recently written in his Facebook post that Krishna Kalyani, the Raiganj BJP MLA, was a "cheat, fraud betrayer and liar and that he "betrays" people who have help him, while further saying that "it is his nature."

"Without the help of Debashree Chaudhary (Raiganj MP), he was in no position to manage a BJP ticket (to contest the Assembly elections)," Mr Sarkar wrote. He, however, later apologized to his Facebook followers for making such a

post on social media.

He further said that he was compelled to write such things about Mr Kalyani "due to the activities of the MLA." The post drew immediate criticism from several quarters in the district.

It may be mentioned here that Mr Kalyani had recently told media persons in Raiganj that both the BJP MP of Raiganj, Miss Chaudhuri, and the BJP president, Basudev Sarkar, had not been informing him of the various activities of the party in North Dinajpur. Mr Kalyani had also said that he had now decided to work "only as an MLA" and not under BJP leaders.

Sources meanwhile, said that central BJP leaders called Kalyani to Delhi after that episode. "In Delhi, Mr Kalyani allegedly informed the central leaders that both Miss Chaudhuri and Sarkar had tried to...

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