A verbal spat erupted on Saturday between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Congress after a TMC delegation promised justice during a visit to the turbulent Sandeshkhali. Following this, senior BJP leader Vanathi Srinivasan questioned the TMC government’s transparency, citing the refusal of women MPs from the saffron party to visit Sandeshkhali and meet alleged victims of atrocities.
On the same day, Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accused the BJP of attempting to communalise the Sandeshkhali issue for political gain in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Here are the top points from all that happened in and around Sandeshkhali: