West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party president Sukanta Majumdar claimed that Trinamool Congress punished four people, including women of Scheduled Tribe community for joining BJP.

Majumdar took to his Twitter account to allege that women from the ST community who had joined BJP were forced to return and punished by the TMC workers in Tapan Gofanagar. The saffron party leader said that the Trinamool workers forced the women to do Dandavat Parikrama as punishment.

Sukanta Majumdar identified the alleged victims as Martina Kisku, Shiuli Mardi, Thakran Soren and Malati Murmu.

Sharing the video of the alleged incident on Twitter, Majumdar said, "Martina Kisku, Shiuli Mardi, Thakran Soren and Malati Murmu, resident of Tapan Gofanagar, Tapan, joined BJP yesterday. They belong to the ST community. Today, TMC goons forced them to return to TMC and punished them by asking them to do Dandavat Parikrama."

"TMC has time and again insulted tribal people. This takes it even higher. This is highly condemnable. We firmly stand with our karyakartas and will do everything to protect them," he added.

Last year, the BJP had shared a video of TMC Minister Akhil Giri making derogatory remarks against President Droupadi Murmu and BJP Bengal's integral part Manoj Tigga, who is also a prominent tribal leader. BJP I-T Cell head Amit Malviya had stated that this clearly showcased that the "TMC hates tribals."

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