Nanoor: With first section polling of much-awaited West Bengal Assembly Elections set to happen on Saturday, an area chief of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) Sheikh Alam made headlines on Thursday after he made a controversial comment stating that if 30 per cent Indian Muslims come collectively, 4 Pakistan could be created.
A video clip, the place Alam could be seen being surrounded by individuals holding a TMC poster, went viral on social media and drew main flak from numerous sections together with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
“They (BJP) think they will come to power (in Bengal) with the help of this 70%. If 30% of minorities unite, if India’s Muslims unite, four Pakistan can be created. Where will India’s 70% go?” Alam could be heard saying in a 30-second video clip reportedly shot at Nanoor in Birbhum.
The TMC, nonetheless, has distanced itself from the controversial assertion, mentioning that Sheikh Alam, seen within the video, is just not a member of the TMC and the occasion does not help what he stated.
Who Is Sheikh Alam?
ABP News has learnt that Sheikh Alam is a very long time Trinamool Congress (TMC) activist who was even jailed 3 times in a number of allegations together with bomb blast case earlier than TMC got here to energy in West Bengal in 2011. Soon after Mamata Banerjee took over the reins from Left entrance in West Bengal, Alam was made a member of TMC block committee.
Allegedly, Alam can also be concerned in Ajay river unlawful sand enterprise. It can also be being stated that Alam has been going through points with TMC attributable to interior conflict and distinction in opinion. However, Alam managed to carry again with the occasion reportedly with the assistance of TMC chief Anubrata Mondal after Lok Sabha elections.
Alam is now an energetic TMC employee in Nanur space and a highly regarded face in his locality. He is usually seen in occasions and programmes of TMC.
BJP’s Slams TMC Over Sheikh Alam’s Controversial Statement
Meanwhile, BJP has strongly reacted to Alam’s controversial statements, saying that the TMC leaders are making such feedback attributable to Mamata Banerjee’s appeasement politics. Reacting to the clip, BJP nationwide common secretary and the occasion’s Bengal minder, Kailash Vijayvargiya, stated it exposes the TMC’s actual intention.
BJP chief Amit Malviya accused the TMC supremo of lowering the bulk group within the state to second grade residents.
Sheikh Alam’s Response
When approached by reporters, Sheikh Alam stated that his phrases have been misinterpreted.
“I never said we want to build a Pakistan in India. I just wanted to convey that if the Muslims are threatened, then we, too, know how to care of ourselves,” he stated.
