KOLKATA: A day after Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress‘s Bengal chief Adhir Chowdhury crossed swords over CM Mamata Banerjee’s role in INDIA bloc, ink was smeared Sunday on a poster of the AICC president in front of the state party’s headquarters in Kolkata. Party workers washed the ink off with milk.
Chowdhury was in Behrampore and asked Congress functionaries to file an FIR about the defacement outside the headquarters, Bidhan Bhavan.This was done soon after.
Kharge had said TMC chief Mamata was “very much a part of INDIA bloc”. Told that this did not align with Chowdhury’s views, Kharge asserted it was the party high command that took final decisions on alliances. Chowdhury responded to this with a veiled dig at Mamata, saying he could not be expected to “appease someone who wanted to decimate Congress in Bengal”.
Chowdhury was in Behrampore and asked Congress functionaries to file an FIR about the defacement outside the headquarters, Bidhan Bhavan.This was done soon after.
Kharge had said TMC chief Mamata was “very much a part of INDIA bloc”. Told that this did not align with Chowdhury’s views, Kharge asserted it was the party high command that took final decisions on alliances. Chowdhury responded to this with a veiled dig at Mamata, saying he could not be expected to “appease someone who wanted to decimate Congress in Bengal”.