Barrackpore, April 7 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday alleged on Tuesday that recent threats from Pakistan's Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, were scripted at the behest of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Speaking to ANI, Dubey claimed the remarks were a strategic "diversionary tactic" intended to shift the public focus away from illegal infiltration in West Bengal.

The controversy follows a televised warning from Asif, who claimed that any future military escalation with India could reach as far as Kolkata.

"Modi ji, after Operation Sindoor, has already said that if even one of my citizens is troubled, then we will finish off Pakistan. There should be no confusion in this," Dubey said.

Dubey suggested a dire...