Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, differences between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Shantanu Thakur and her aunt and Trinamool Congress MP Mamata Bala Thakur have come out in the open at Thakurnagar, the headquarters of All India Matua Mahasangha.
Thakurnagar has been on the boil since Sunday night over attempts by the two MPs to take control of a house where community matriarch Binapani Devi, affectionately known as ‘Boroma’, passed away five years ago. Mr. Thakur is the grandson of Binapani Devi, while Ms. Bala Thakur is her daughter-in-law. Both of them hail from the family of founders of Matua sect.
On Monday, the West Bengal police registered a case against the Union Minister based on a complaints by his aunt. Ms. Bala Thakur, who was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the Trinamool, has alleged that Mr. Thakur forcibly entered the room of Binapani Devi. She also released a video where the BJP leader was seen with a hammer trying to break open a lock on a door.
