Bengal

Last Updated:September 07, 2025, 14:18 IST

TMC leader Abdur Rahim Bakshi threatened BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh at a protest gathering, stating that he would pour acid inside his mouth.

TMC leader threatens BJP MLA of acid attack (Photo: X)

TMC leader Abdur Rahim Bakshi stoked a controversy after he threatened to pour acid into the mouth of a BJP MLA in West Bengal, drawing sharp criticism from the Opposition.

Bakshi is the TMC President of the Malda district and he made the remarks while addressing a gathering on Saturday to protest against alleged atrocities against Bengali-speaking migrant workers in other parts of the country.

While speaking at the event, Bakshi attacked BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh without naming him. Referring to his remarks in the Assembly, dubbing migrant workers from the state as “Rohingyas” or “Bangladeshis”, Bakshi said,”The one who shamelessly says that the 30 lakh migrant workers of Bengal who work outside are not Bengalis… they are Rohingyas, they are Bangladeshis. He shouted this. I said it then and I am saying it today — if I hear this from you again, I will burn your voice to ashes with acid inside your mouth. You should know that this is West Bengal. We Bengalis will not give you a place to speak. I will burn your face with acid,” NDTV reported.

He appealed to the people to tear BJP flags and boycott the party in the district.

The BJP slammed the TMC over his remarks and said that such threats are a reflection of the TMC’s politics.

“This is the same man who, a few years ago, had threatened to cut off the hands and feet of BJP, CPI(M) and Congress workers. Violence is not new to TMC—it is their political culture. And in Malda-Murshidabad, where illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas form Mamata Banerjee’s committed vote bank, such threats are a reflection of how TMC sustains its politics. Is this democracy or terror?” Amit Malviya tweeted.

The party said that TMC was intimidating people.

“This is the culture of the Trinamool Congress. Their job is to intimidate people. Such statements are happening all the time in Malda now. The district president of TMC often says such things to be in the news. The fear that Trinamool will lose in the next assembly elections is working for them,” BJP MP from Malda Uttar, Khagen Murmu said.

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