‘Indiscriminate’ induction of leaders, Dilip Ghosh’s feedback resulted in BJP debacle: Supriyo

Former Union minister Babul Supriyo stated he opposed the “indiscriminate” induction of individuals into the BJP forward of the meeting elections in West Bengal and it might have affected the occasion’s efficiency within the polls.

Supriyo, who joined the Trinamool Congress final week, informed PTI in an interview that his view on the matter could not have been preferred by the BJP’s prime brass.

“Many outsiders with no previous links to the BJP overnight became our party leaders and this might have contributed to our assembly poll performance. I had opposed such indiscriminate taking of people without checking their antecedents but my words were not heeded to,” he stated.

“I thought my words against such affairs in BJP before the polls may not have been liked by the top leadership,” he added.

Supriyo stated BJP state president Dilip Ghosh was additionally partly answerable for the meeting ballot debacle of the occasion.

“His comments during the poll campaign were not in sync with the culture of Vidyasagar, Rabindranath Tagore and Satyajit Ray, and incongruous with the ethos of Bengalis. It had contributed to the decline of the party in Bengali psyche,” he stated.

Supriyo, who introduced in July that he was quitting politics after being dropped as a minister, stated he was disillusioned and wished to offer extra time to arts and music.

“But, I definitely nursed a desire to return to active politics and I got that opportunity from the TMC. I wanted to be in the 11-member squad of a team — if not in my favourite Mohun Bagan, then in East Bengal or another good club. I thank TMC for giving me that opportunity,” he stated.

Supriyo, a famous singer, stated he was conscious of the trolling on social media after he joined the TMC. “People have the right to say what they deem fit, but were not the same terms — ‘gaddar’ and ‘Mirzafar’ — used against those who had left TMC to join the BJP some months back?”

He stated it could be the prerogative of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior occasion chief Abhishek Banerjee to offer him no matter duty they appear applicable.

Supriyo recalled how he and Abhishek despatched authorized notices to one another forward of the meeting elections. He stated he would now hand over the notices he acquired to Abhishek, and he hoped that the senior TMC chief would additionally do the identical.

“And, I look forward to a great association with Abhishek,” he stated.