Overview

• Malda district TMC president Abdur Rahim Bakshi was filmed telling a crowd he would burn a BJP legislator’s mouth with acid if Bengalis were again labeled Bangladeshis or Rohingyas.
• The remarks, delivered at a rally protesting alleged atrocities against Bengali-speaking migrant workers, were widely understood as a veiled attack on BJP chief whip Shankar Ghosh without naming him.
• BJP leaders condemned the threat, with Malda MP Khagen Murmu leading protests and accusing the ruling party of fostering intimidation and violence.
• TMC’s central leadership had not issued a formal response at the time of reporting, even as Bakshi later told media he had not made an undemocratic statement and urged supporters to boycott the BJP and tear party flags.
• The episode follows a stormy September 4 Assembly session where Speaker Biman Banerjee suspended several BJP MLAs, marshals removed members, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of being anti-Bengali during a debate on migrant-worker abuses.