Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Thursday condemned the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s aide, days after the party registered a historic victory in West Bengal, saying people have voiced their Opposition to “this very politics of violence” through their ballot.
Adhikari’s executive assistant, Chandranath Rath, was shot dead by bike-borne assailants around 10.30 pm on Wednesday, after forcing his car to stop on the outskirts of Kolkata.
Talking to reporters here, Paswan said, “This is agonising and shameful. This is the very politics of violence that the people of Bengal voted against in the recently concluded assembly polls.” He alluded that “TMC goons” carried out the killing.