New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday accused the BJP of seeking to silence the Opposition and create an atmosphere in which questioning the ruling party is increasingly being treated as an act of defiance, asserting that he would neither be intimidated nor pressured into submission.

In a strongly worded post on his WhatsApp channel, Banerjee took a swipe at the BJP and its supporters, saying they appeared frustrated by his ability to take on the ruling party politically while remaining a free citizen.

"Their biggest question is how I can politically take on the BJP so fiercely and still remain a free citizen?" he remarked, suggesting that the very idea of openly challenging the BJP witho...