BJP disowns the statement of Rs 11 lakh bounty on Mamata's head

NEW DELHI: BJP today disowned party's youth wing leader's statement of "Rs 11 lakh reward" on Mamata Banerjee's head after a ruckus in parliament by Trinamool leaders.

After Trinamool Congress MPs raised the issue in Rajya Sabha, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi disowned the statement in the Parliament, saying “I condemn this type of statement. The state government can take proper action.”

BJP's youth wing leader, Yogesh Varshney, had announced a bounty of Rs 11 lakh for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's head after the the state police used batons to disperse a rally raising slogans in praise of Lord Rama on Hanuman Jayanti, yesterday.


"Mamata government beat up people. If someone was wearing a red shirt or a red pant, they were beaten up brutally by the police. I don't understand...Mamata organises Iftar party, she argues for the Muslims. I want to ask her are Hindus not human?"

"If they had any humanity, they wouldn't have beaten up like this. If anyone brings me her severed head, I will give that person Rs 11 lakh," Varshney said while criticising the police action.

(Inputs from PTI)