WB Congress leader signing affidavits to prove loyalty demeaning and hilarious: BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday aimed potshots at the Congress for asking its newly elected MLA's in West Bengal to sign a written declaration on a stamp paper asserting that they would not leave the party.

The BJP described this development in the grand old party as highly demeaning and hilarious.

BJP leader Rahul Sinha told ANI that the Congress has succumbed to their own wrong doings and insecurities.

"Congress does horse trading they believe in buying MPs and MLAs of other parties. Now they have succumbed to their own wrongdoings. And now due to insecurity they are getting these undertaking signed saying that the MLA's will not take a anti-Congress step," said Sinha.

"The other thing is the image of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi is diminishing, the leaders of the party don't want Rahul Gandhi to be the face of Congress as Rahul Gandhi is like a Lilliput in front of Modi. If you ask me it is very demeaning and hilarious that you have to use such tactics to maintain your position and confine your post," he added

However, the Congress accused the BJP of toppling governments and said that the saffron party's malicious intentions are the reason behind propelling such an endeavour.

"What West Bengal MLA's have done it must be there decision, they must have got together for whatever reason. I have a feeling that with the recent history months where the BJP used money, power, blackmail to threatens some of our MLA's and weaken their resolve in regard in regard to their loyalty towards the Congress," Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit told ANI.

"Perhaps it could be that if we get together and all of us make a pledge to the Congress leadership, we will able to help each other if any such problem comes and a more united front can be established," he added.

All the Congress MLAs in West Bengal have signed a written declaration on a stamp paper emphasising that they would not leave the party. They have given an undertaking to not make any anti-party remarks too.

However, the Congress law makers have maintained that they have not signed the bond under any pressure.

While the Trinamool Congress won the elections with 211 seats in the 294-member assembly, the Left-Congress alliance was relegated to 76 seats. The Congress is the principal opposition party in West Bengal after winning 44 seats in the recently concluded elections.