500 BJP workers return to Trinamool Congress, some after shaving heads in 'repentance'
Khanakul (WB), Jun 22: A large number of BJP activists from Hooghly district on Tuesday returned "home" to Trinamool Congress here on Tuesday after shaving their heads "in penance for their sins".
A total of 500 BJP activists rejoined Trinamool in the presence of local MP Aparupa Poddar at Balpai locality in Khanakul area and said they were fed up with the communal, hatred-filled policies of the saffron party and wanted to return to TMC, Poddar told reporters after the programme.
Eight of those 500 activists shaved heads at the function claiming they were repentant for their conduct in the assembly polls and hence were doing penance.
The Trinamool Congress activists had left the party for BJP before the assembly polls but returned on Tuesday after party supremo Mamata Banerjee recently said the TMC would consider the appeal of those wishing to return to the party-fold, if they were not harshly critical of Trinamool during the assembly poll campaign.
BJP MLA from Khanaku, Sushanta Ghosh however described it as a drama staged by Trinamool.
"It is nothing but a drama. None of our workers have left the party. Those present at the TMC programme today have no links with our party," he said.
BJP state President Dilip Ghosh however said if any BJP activist has left the party for Trinamool anywhere in state, they are being forced to do so by the ruling party which has been threatening BJP workers.
খানাকুল বিধানসভার নতিবপুর২ গ্রাম পঞ্চায়েতে (বলপাই) বিজেপি থেকে তৃণমূল কংগ্রেসে যোগদান করেন হাজার খানেক কর্মী-সমর্থক। pic.twitter.com/aKEZz2UhEG
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UP: Seven sentenced to life imprisonment in father-son murder case
Azamgarh (UP) (PTI): A court here has sentenced seven persons to life imprisonment for killing a man and his son here in 2020.
District and Sessions Judge Jai Prakash Pandey on Wednesday sentenced the seven and also imposed a fine of Rs 1,01,500 each on them, District Government Counsel Priyadarshi Piyush Tripathi said.
Tripathi said that on August 13, 2020, Santra Devi, a resident of Akbelpur Naupur village, had gone to Lalganj market along with her husband Hiralala and sons Tej Kumar Yadav and Vinod Yadav to buy medicines.
According to the prosecution, when they reached Ghodsahna village, two persons identified as Surendra and Pradeep stopped them and took Hiralal and Tej Kumar Yadav to their house on the pretext of discussing the village head election,
Soon an altercation broke out during which Pradeep and Surendra allegedly shot dead Hiralal.
When Tej Kumar tried to flee, he was also shot dead, he said.
Both father and son died on the spot, Tripathi added.
He said a chargesheet was filed against eight accused in the case, but one of them, Phenkhu Yadav, died during the trial.
