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BJP politician Babul Supriyo quits politics, says will focus on social work from now onwards

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Days after he posted a series of cryptic social media posts setting off speculation about his possible retirement from politics, singer-turned-politician Babul Supriyo on Saturday confirmed he was quitting and said ‘goodbye’ on Facebook.

“Alvida. Am not going to any other party – TMC, Congress, CPIM, nowhere. I am confirming that nobody has called me. I am going nowhere. I am a one-team player! Have always supported one team #MohunBagan – Have been with only one party – BJP West Bengal. That’s it!!

“I have stayed for too long… I will leave my house (govt allotted residence) within one month. Resigning from my MP post too,” the BJP MP and ex-Union Minister wrote.

Sources say he has sought an appointment from the speaker tomorrow to submit his resignation.

The two-time member of Parliament was among the 12 ministers who were dropped from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet on July 7 as part of a rejig. His fate was likely sealed when he lost to the Trinamool Congress’s Aroop Biswas in the April-May West Bengal assembly elections.

In a lengthy post in Bengali on social media, the BJP leader said: “I have made some of you happy, some sad but after a long discussion, am saying am leaving. It’s not possible to stay in politics and do social work. Let me settle myself. The last few days, I have gone to Amit Shah and JP Nadda Ji, I have told them what I feel.”

“I will never forget their love and so I can’t go to them, I don’t have the audacity to go to them and say this. I have decided what I will do; I had decided long back so if I go now they may feel am bargaining and when that is not right I don’t want them to have the wrong idea. I only pray they don’t misunderstand me.”

During the first term of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government, Supriyo served as a minister of state for urban development, housing and urban poverty alleviation from November 2014 to July 2016, and minister of state for heavy industries and public enterprises from July 2016 to May 2019. He also served as minister of state for environment.

The Asansol MP has also had a difficult relationship with state BJP president Dilip Ghosh.

When asked about Supriyo’s decision, Ghosh was curt. ” I don’t check out anyone’s Facebook, Twitter profile. If someone’s leaving the party, it’s their personal decision.”

Continuing to pour his heart out on Facebook on Saturday, the Asansol MP wrote: “I have to answer one question because it’s pertinent! Questions will arise why do I want to leave politics. Is there any relation with the fact that I lost Ministry? Yes, there is a relation I will not hide. There is a big difference between 2014 and 2019. At that point in time, I was the only person with a BJP ticket (with due respect to Ahluwalia Ji, he had support from GJM) but today in Bengal BJp is the main opposition party. Now various new young leaders and senior leaders are also there. Party will reach a new height in their leadership so whether somebody stays or not I do not matter.”

He also hinted at ‘differences with the party’. “Am responsible for that as I put up Facebook posts, but the differences between senior leaders have damaged the party. They did not help ground workers. This isn’t rocket science,” he wrote as signed off.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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