Talking to reporters later during the day in Kolkata, the BJP leader slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led party for being “anti-tribal”. “TMC did everything to insult tribals. I appeal to all tribal communities across the nation to protest against the TMC as they are anti-tribal,” he added.
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Sukanta Majumdar alleged that some tribal women who had joined the BJP were forced by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to perform dandavat parikrama as punishment and then they were forced to rejoin the state's ruling party.