KOLKATA: On Tuesday, a Senior BJP leader and party's in-charge for West Bengal Kailash Vijayvargiya has alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) Supremo and state's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee can get the BJP party candidate from Barrackpore Arjun Singh killed in an encounter.

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भाजपा प्रत्याशी खतरे में !!!#WestBengal की CM #MamataBanerjee ने कमिश्नर सुनील चौधरी को बैरकपुर के #BJP प्रत्याशी अर्जुन सिंह जी को गिरफ्तार करने का आदेश दिया है! अर्जुन जी की जान को ख़तरा है! उनका एनकाउंटर भी किया जा सकता है।

उन्हें कुछ हुआ तो जिम्मेदार ममता जी होंगी!

— Chowkidar Kailash Vijayvargiya (@KailashOnline) May 21, 2019

Mr. Vijayvargiya took to his twitter handle and alleged that Mamata Banerjee has ordered the Police Commissioner of the area, Sunil Choudhary to arrest BJP’s Barrackpore candidate Arjun Singh. He also cast apprehensions that BJP Candidate may be killed in an encounter. BJP general secretary Vijayvargiya warned that Mamata Banerjee will be held responsible if anything happens to Arjun Singh.

Ex- TMC leader Arjun Singh had joined the Saffron Party in March, giving a boost to the party's prospects in the state ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. He joined the BJP in presence of party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and senior state BJP leader Mukul Roy in the national capital. Mr. Singh joined the BJP after expelled TMC MP Anupam Hazra joined the saffron party.

Downplaying the development, the TMC refused to give much importance to Singh's switch-over and challenged him to seek re-election from his Assembly seat Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district on a BJP ticket.

Mr. Singh has contested the Lok Sabha polls from the Barrackpore seat as BJP candidate against TMC Dinesh Trivedi.

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