‘Will Mamata Banerjee dare to … ‘: BJP corners TMC after minister threatens, abuses lady forest official on digicam | India Information

NEW DELHI: West Bengal minister Akhil Giri has come underneath scrutiny after a video surfaced exhibiting him threatening and verbally abusing Moumita Sahu, a girl official from the state forest division. The incident occurred on Saturday in Purba Medinipur district following the removing of unlawful encroachments from forest land close to Tajpur sea seaside.
Within the footage, Giri could be heard making menacing remarks towards Sahu and her staff, together with threats of extreme penalties if she continued to be concerned within the matter.”Don’t speak an excessive amount of. You’re a authorities worker; bow down your head whereas talking. See what occurs to you inside per week. If you happen to contain your self on this situation once more, I’ll ensure you can’t return,” Giri stated.
The forest division eliminated a number of unlawful outlets from the forest land close to Tajpur seaside on Friday evening. These institutions have been reportedly submerged throughout excessive tides. A senior forest division official instructed information company PTI that whereas many constructions on forest land had gone unchecked, motion was taken towards these particular outlets on account of their location.
Giri criticised the forest division’s actions, telling PTI, “The forest division eliminated outlets and is now disrupting the lives of poor individuals. Many constructions on forest land haven’t been addressed earlier than.”

BJP calls for actions

The Bharatiya Janata Celebration additionally shared the video on X and challenged Mamata Banerjee to take motion. The celebration questioned whether or not the accused would face penalties for his alleged threats and misconduct in direction of a girl.
“Will Mamata Banerjee dare to throw out this Minister and put him behind the bars? Will prices be filed towards him for obstructing authorities staff and outraging the modesty of girls? Let’s examine if this goon is kicked contained in the jail for threatening to not directly kill and outrage the modesty of a girl,” West Bengal BJP stated in a submit on X.

‘Mamata Banerjee monitoring the state of affairs’

Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh condemned Giri’s actions. “We oppose Giri’s phrases and habits. It’s unacceptable. If he had issues concerning the forest division, he ought to have addressed them via Birbaha Hansda. The mistreatment of the lady officer is unlucky, and our celebration doesn’t endorse such habits. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC common secretary Abhishek Banerjee are monitoring the state of affairs,” Ghosh stated.
This incident is just not Giri’s first controversy. In 2022, he confronted criticism for making racist feedback about President Droupadi Murmu throughout a rally in Nandigram.
“We do not decide anybody by their look, we respect the workplace of the President (of India). However how does our President look?” he had stated.