By IANS,
Kolkata : CPI-M politburo member Biman Bose Sunday accused the Congress of inciting violence and creating an atmosphere of terror in the Jangipur area of Murshidabad district, where a byelection to the Lok Sabha is to be held Oct 10.
President Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit is contesting the Lok Sabha by-election from the Jangipur constituency as a Congress candidate.
“Two CPI-M supporters have been killed in the area. The Congress is perplexed with the questions that are being asked over the fake promises that they have made in last eight years. So, to terrorise the people of the area, two persons have been killed,” said Bose in a statement.
Bose appealed to voters of the area to maintain calm and defeat the terror tactics initiated by the Congress.
Abhijit, a first-time Congress legislator from Nalhati assembly constituency of Birbhum district of the state, is being fielded by the Congress from Jangipur. The Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after his father Pranab Mukherjee was elected the president.
Abhijit will take on the Left Front’s Muzzafar Hossain in the by-poll.
Pranab Mukherjee has been a two-time Lok Sabha member from Jangipur since 2004.