West Bengal Elections: Agitated Over Remarks, Babul Supriyo Allegedly 'Slaps' Man In BJP Office

Union minister Babul Supriyo later claimed that he did not "slap him but only gestured to do so".

Babul Supriyo (Photo: PTI/File)

To win the elections in West Bengal, the BJP has fielded many of its senior leaders including Union Ministers. Union Minister Babul Supriyo is also contesting from Toliganj Assembly, but Babul Supriyo seem to be embroiled in a fresh controversy.

It is alleged that the leader slapped a person inside the BJP office. A video has been going viral since Monday in which a man is constantly aksing the leader Supriyo to do serious publicity in his area instead of giving poses and bites to TV cameras. At this, Supriyo got angry and slapped the man. However, Supriyo later said that he did not slap the person, but only 'gestured to do so'.

The minister initially asked him to keep quiet, but got agitated after the man repeatedy advised him to start serious campaigning. The alleged incident took place on Sunday at the BJP office in Ranikuthi area in Toliganj constituency where the Union Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change had gone to participate in the Doljatra festival.

According to the BJP sources, the man was asking the BJP leader to do a serious campaign in his constituency. After several provocations, Supriyo got angry and lost control. 

"Some people come from the other party and try to act 'Mir Jafar' and some behave like 'Vibishan', while some move from one party to another for messing up things. Even after that man provoked me, I kept my anger under control," said the leader later.  Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said that his party wanted to know whether the person slapped by Supriyo was an outsider of the Trinamool Congress or a Vibhishan (a BJP member). Meanwhile, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said that Supriyo was simply agitated and touched the man, but nowhere did he intend to hurt the person.