TMC attacks Adhir over ‘better to vote for BJP’ remark

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress on Wednesday accused Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of being the “B-team” of the BJP, after a video, where he was heard saying that voting for BJP is better than voting for the TMC, showed up on the internet.

Commenting on the remark, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the goal of his party is to bring the numbers of the BJP down in West Bengal and that TMC is a part of the INDIA bloc.

The purported video showed Chowdhury, the sitting MP and candidate from West Bengal’s Baharampur, addressing a public meeting and saying “it’s better to vote for the BJP than to vote for the TMC.”

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday accused senior Congress leader and party candidate from Baharampur constituency, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, of allegedly endorsing voting for the BJP in a poll-bound rally saying that it is better to vote for BJP than TMC in West Bengal.