The voice within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against the senior party leader Dilip Ghosh has been growing since he met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a temple event. Several leaders criticised his meeting with the TMC supremo. Now, MP Jagannath Sarkar jumped in to criticise Ghosh. On Friday, Sarkar said the meeting had caused disappointment among the public given the prevailing political situation in the state.

"Dilip Ghosh is a great leader of our party. But what he did has hurt people," he added.

A controversy erupted after Ghosh and his wife met the chief miniser at the newly inaugurated Jagannath Temple in Digha town of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

Referring to recent incidents in Murshidabad, Sarkar alleged misuse of state machinery under the ruling Trinamool Congress. "In Mamata Banerjee's rule, the police remained submissive, people were falsely accused on Mamata's orders, families were tortured, houses were looted, and shops were burnt (in Murshidabad)," he said.

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Sarkar Questions Timing Of Banerjee-Ghosh Meeting

Sarkar questioned the timing and nature of Ghosh's meeting with the chief minister.

"Holding a meeting with her at such a time was not right. If he wanted, he could have just visited the temple (Jagannath temple in Digha), or he could have expressed a demand about the atrocities committed against Hindus. But the people are very upset with what he did," Sarkar said.

Following the backlash after BJP leader Dilip Ghosh visited Jagannath Temple and met with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh has backed the BJP member, saying that his (Dilip Ghosh's) "rivalry is not with Lord Jagannath."

The TMC leader said, "We have a political rivalry with Dilip Ghosh. But his rivalry is not with Lord Jagannath. Mamata Banerjee had invited many opposition leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari, Sukanta Majumdar, Dilip Ghosh, and Pradip Bhattacharya, to visit the newly built Jagannath temple at Digha here... "

(With ANI inputs)

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