Kolkata, April 12 -- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grandnephew, Chandra Kumar Bose, on Sunday slammed the BJP, accusing the party of "dividing communities for vote bank politics".

Speaking with ANI after joining TMC, Chandra Kumar Bose equated the BJP with British rule, accusing them of bringing religion into politics, a policy that he said was opposed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

"The BJP is against the Constitution because its one-point agenda is to divide and rule, to divide communities for vote bank politics. The British, their policy was divide and rule. The BJP practices the same policies as the British. They bring religion into politics, a policy which was vehemently opposed by my grandfather, Sarat Chandra Bose, and his younger...