Kolkata, December 24: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh, in a controversial statement made in Birbhum district, told the police that "they aren't worth wearing the uniform" as "people from Jharkhand are coming here (WB) and making bombs." Ghosh then went ahead to say that all the people making bombs are "from TMC." Ghosh allegedly made the comment while speaking at an event on December 22, reported news agency ANI. West Bengal Rath Yatra: BJP Moves Supreme Court Against Calcutta High Court for Denying Permission.

The Bengal police in April had launched a massive operation to sanitise the Bengal-Jharkhand border in Birbhum district after several instances of violence were reported from the area before the 2018 Panchayat Elections. Shiv Sena Leader Ashoke Sarkar Files Compliant Against Dilip Ghosh For Threatening Political Opponents.

Check Dilip Ghosh's Statement in the Tweet Below:

WB BJP Pres D Ghosh in Birbhum Dist: You (police) aren't worth wearing the uniform.Above all,you're insulting us.There's a general perception that people from Jharkhand are coming here&making bombs.Can't police catch them?All those involved in these incidents are from TMC (22.12) pic.twitter.com/xK331siSNB — ANI (@ANI) December 24, 2018

Bombs were hurled in Birbhum in April this year, after clash broke out between the BJP and TMC workers over filing of nominations for the Panchayat polls held in Bengal earlier in the year. The police had arrested 28 people in relation to the case. BJP's Dilip Ghosh Booked for Threatening TMC Leaders in Kolkata, Says They Will Either Go to Jail or Face Encounter!

The political conflict between the BJP and the TMC continue to simmer over the BJP's proposed Rath Yatra in the state. The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) moved the Supreme Court against the order by Calcutta High Court's division bench which barred the party from conducting its 'Save Democracy Yatra' in West Bengal.

The bench, headed by Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Debasish Kar Gupta, on Friday quashed the order of the court's single bench allowing the BJP to hold its yatra. The single-judge bench, which gave a green signal to the yatra, was asked to reconsider the case based on intelligence input. The division bench was hearing a plea filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government.

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