The Jharkhand unit of the BJP today claimed that several saffron party workers from West Bengal have taken shelter in Sahibganj district of the state to escape "bullying" by the Trinamool Congress.
The TMC activists are exerting pressure on the BJP workers, who won the recent rural polls in pockets of West Bengal, to join them, Praveen Prabhakar, the state unit spokesman of the saffron party, said in a press release today.
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is "frustrated" with the "growing popularity" of the BJP, he alleged.
"Banerjee has no regards for democracy or humanity. Over 150 BJP supporters from West Bengal were forced to take shelter in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district after they received threats from the TMC workers," Prabhakar added.
The TMC leaders, when contacted, said they were not aware of the allegations leveled by the Jharkhand unit of the BJP and refused comment on the matter.
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