The Trinamool Congress on Monday alleged that the BJP had “hijacked” protests in opposition to the rape and homicide of a 31-year-old trainee physician at RG Kar Medical School and Hospital in Kolkata. Congress MP Saket Gokhale claimed that this was a “sinister toolkit” marketing campaign to topple the West Bengal authorities over the incident.
In a prolonged publish, Gokhale claimed that the BJP’s IT wing was conducting an “organized marketing campaign” to demand the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He mentioned the celebration made “Mamata should resign” a trending matter on social media after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the case on August 15.
“BJP has unleashed a sinister toolkit in Bengal. The agenda is concentrated on overthrowing the federal government. The BJP is operating an organized marketing campaign with the pattern ‘Mamata should resign’. The actual protests are utterly BJP hijacked,” Gokhale tweeted.
Trinamool Congress leaders mentioned there have been “zero updates” because the CBI took over the case. He alleged that BJP leaders and staff had “hijacked” protests in opposition to the rape and homicide of trainee docs by changing “actual protesters”.
“It has been 5 days because the CBI took over the case and there have been zero updates. However there has not been any protest in opposition to the CBI. The actual protesters on the streets of Kolkata have now been changed by BJYM and BJP staff,” he mentioned.
Gokhale claimed that the BJP was eager on the “Mamata should resign” hashtag and mentioned that “greater than 200 thousand posts have been revealed in 4 days” and using the hashtag “reached greater than 91 million folks”.
He claimed that individuals or “actual protesters” weren’t utilizing the “Mamata should resign” hashtag and claimed that the numbers reached have been “inconceivable for atypical accounts”.
“In their very own phrases: The one agenda is to deliver down the federal government. The favored hashtag for the BJP is ‘Mamata should resign’,” he tweeted.
Gokhale shared a screenshot of a spike in visitors brought on by completely different accounts utilizing the hashtag, claiming that the hashtag was amplified by way of using bot accounts in numerous international locations.
He claimed that just about 45% of posts with the label “Mamata should resign” got here from the US and different international locations, together with Russia, Eritrea, Nigeria, Colombia and Suriname.
Accusing the CBI of colluding with the BJP to “hijack” the protests, Gokhale mentioned the Trinamool Congress would give a befitting response to what he termed the saffron celebration’s “conspiracy”.
“BJP has hijacked the protests and turned it into an agenda to overthrow the Bengal authorities. The CBI has been silent for 5 days simply to assist the BJP in its conspiracy. This BJP + CPM factor is ruining Bengal Secure ‘toolkits’ will reply appropriately.
