New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- Malda district Trinamool Congress (TMC) President Abdur Rahim Bakshi recently launched a veiled attack at BJP legislator Shankar Ghosh. His threatening statement on Saturday, September 6, evening stirred controversy.

"My BJP friends, if we listen that we one more time that we Bengalis are Bangladeshis or Rohingyas, then we will pour acid in your mouth and burn it to ashes," Abdur Rahim said in Bengali while addressing the public to protest against "atrocities against Bengali-speaking migrant workers."

He added, "You remember this well. This is West Bengal. The Bengalis here will not spare a space for you to speak. We will burn your mouth with acid."

Urging the people to agitate and to socially boycott the party, h...