New Delhi: West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday (September 6) said that anyone who declares from an Eid podium that the BJP is practicing is Ganda Dharma (bad religion), then that person will be eliminated, reported Deccan Chronicle.

“If anyone declares from an Eid-ul-Fitr podium that what BJP is practising is a Ganda Dharma, he will be eliminated by people before he can get down from the dais,” said Bhattacharya said at Khutipuja, a ritual ahead of Durga Puja festival, of Shatadal Sangha in Bowbazar of the city.

Bhattacharya, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP added that anyone boasting of being a majority and threatening to harm others at will would also be paid back in the same coin.

“If anyone dares on this soil to brag about representing 70% while others are 30% and so he will chop and flow them in Bhagirathi River anytime he wants, he will have to be immersed then and there in Bhagirathi River also,” said Bhattacharya.

Bhattacharya also alleged that the previous government of Trinamool Congress used to dictate Durga Puja festival by deciding the time of immersion. He added that this year the festival would be different.

In an oblique reference to the recent controversy surrounding graffiti at the Jadavpur University (JU).

“Some are writing slogans on the walls after entering university campus. All we want to tell them is that we will not enter any university campus. The police won't either. But those who are doing it will be identified. Police will have to take action so that such people do not stay fit. Whoever says ‘Bharat Tere Tukre Honge’ has to be made into pieces. This step needs to be taken in West Bengal as we cannot allow it to continue,” said Bhattacharya.

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