In a shocking video that has surfaced online, West Bengal Agriculture Minister Tapan Dasgupta can be seen threatening voters that they would lose water and electricity if they don’t vote for him in the upcoming state Assembly election. As per a report by India Today, the TMC candidate from the Saptagram constituency was addressing a public meeting in Hooghly on Saturday.
Where he was reported telling the voters that the areas which will not vote for him will not be receiving water and electricity. Calling it a simple bargain, the minister was heard saying that those areas which will not vote for him will be devoid of the privileges of a water supply and electricity.
He further went on to say that those voters can reach out to BJP to avail of these services. Considering the long-standing history of violence associated with the regional party, this is not the first time that a minister had threatened voters of dire consequences if not voted to power. TMC MLA Hamidul Rahman was caught on camera threatening voters in West Bengal ahead of the assembly election.
Tapan Dasgupta became the MLA of Saptagram in 2011 by defeating the Left Front. In the 2016 Bengal polls, he had won the Saptagram seat.
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