The Trinamool Congress lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari seeking criminal proceedings against him for “concocting” rape allegations and running a fake narrative regarding the Sandeshkhali incident.
The complaint is based on a purported video in which a man claiming to be Gangadhar Kayal, the BJP’s mandal president in Sandeshkhali, is heard saying that Mr. Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, was behind the whole conspiracy.
In the sting operation video shot by a news platform and shared by the Trinamool on social media, Mr. Kayal is heard saying sexual harassment complaints were filed at the behest of Mr. Adhikari. The BJP has rejected the video accusing the Trinamool of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to discredit them.
