KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress on Saturday released a sting video showing a Sandeshkhali BJP functionary admitting that many of the charges, including those of rape, were levelled following instructions from BJP seniors, including assembly opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari.
The 33-minute video focuses on Sandeshkhali Block-II BJP mandal president Gangadhar Koyal. "We have followed Suvendu da's (BJP MLA and assembly opposition leader Adhikari's) instructions. He helped us. We convinced Trinamool people to do all this (level the allegations). They (the complainants) never said no, they did whatever we told them to do. He (Adhikari) had told us that if we could not do this, if we could not get the big shots (Trinamool seniors of the area) arrested, we would not be able to stand (survive) here," Koyal is heard saying. "I had to do all this very smartly. We said it (the alleged rapes and torture) happened seven-eight months ago. We had to work hard," he adds.
