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Bengal BJP chief warns against ‘plunderers’ seeking party entry

Kolkata, Nov 13 (UNI) The West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Friday warned party workers against allowing people accused of corruption and extortion to enter the organisation, urging them to identify such individuals and lodge police complaints against anyone misusing the party's name.
Addressing party leaders and workers, Bhattacharya said some people who had allegedly “looted” the state in the past were now attempting to associate themselves with the BJP following the change of government.
“Those who used to loot are now trying to come in under the BJP flag. They have to be identified. This anarchy cannot be allowed to continue,” he said.
Bhattacharya urged workers to report people allegedly using the BJP’s name to engage in wrongdoing.
“File FIRs against those who are trying to tarnish the colour and flag of our party,” he said.
Referring to Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who also holds charge of the home portfolio, Bhattacharya said: “Suvendu Adhikari is the police minister. Give me the documents and I will get them put in.”
He asserted that people accused of such activities had played no role in building the BJP’s political base in West Bengal.
“The BJP has reached this position while keeping them outside. There is no need for the BJP to have anything to do with them,” Bhattacharya said.
The BJP state chief acknowledged that there had been instances in which the party’s name had allegedly been misused and said corrective measures would be taken wherever necessary.
“If there has been any deviation in some places, the party will correct it. In some places, incidents are taking place using the BJP’s name, which is causing distress to people,” he said.
“Identify those people,” he added.
Bhattacharya also sought to make clear that the BJP had not formally opened its doors to people seeking to join after the change of government.
“The doors were closed earlier and they remain closed now. The doors have not been officially opened,” he said, adding that being welcomed with garlands or appearing alongside BJP leaders did not automatically make someone a BJP leader.
The remarks reinforce the BJP’s stated zero-tolerance position on extortion and alleged misuse of the party’s name.
Bhattacharya has previously warned that the party would not protect anyone, irrespective of their position, if evidence of extortion emerged.
Former state BJP president Dilip Ghosh has also publicly warned against leaders and workers becoming “addicted to the honey” of extortion and indicated that action would follow against those involved.
Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Agnimitra Paul has similarly said that anyone found involved in extortion would face expulsion.
“The state president has already made it clear that anyone involved in extortion will be directly expelled from the party,” Paul had said.
She had also warned against the assumption that a change of government would provide an opportunity to make money through such activities.
Bhattacharya’s latest warning comes amid the BJP’s efforts to draw a clear distinction between the party’s expanding political presence in the state and individuals seeking to associate themselves with it for personal gain. UNI SEN CDS
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