'PM Modi shedding crocodile tears': Mamata Banerjee slams BJP 'conspiracy' as Sandeshkhali sting video goes viral

livemint.com:

conspiracy hatched by the BJP" has come to the fore with the unravelling of a recent sting. Earlier on Saturday, the Trinamool Congress released a video (whose authenticity could not be independently verified by Livemint), in which a man--who claims to be the mandal president of the saffron party in Sandeshkhali—was heard saying that Suvendu Adhikari (Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly) had asked him and other BJP leaders of the area to "instigate three-four local women to level allegations of rape against three TMC leaders, including Shajahan Sheikh" "Did anyone ever imagine that BJP would stoop so low that it would spread canards on Sandeshkhali? Don't dishonour the mothers of West Bengal by levelling such heinous allegations.

Don't dare try to disrespect women of the state by offering them money to level false allegations against our party," Mamata Banerjee said at Bolpur election rally. Reacting to the alleged viral video, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee said people should vote against those who want to malign the image of West Bengal.

The sitting MP from Diamond Harbour urged the people of West Bengal to “Defeat those who want to demean and malign Bengal for the sake of few votes." Calling the Sandeshkhali incident a 'conspiracy', the TMC national general secretary said, "What is the condition of BJP?...They had said a lot about Sandeshkhali but yesterday everyone saw the Sandeshkhali video. Yesterday, it was proved that this was done to humiliate the people of Bengal...By giving ₹2,000 each to the women, BJP leaders asked them to lie and make false complaints...This is not me but Gangadhar Kayal, BJP Mandal (booth) president in Sandeshkhali, who is saying this." Banerjee was speaking at a public