"Truth can be twisted, Mandal president's voice tampered in 'sting video'": Suvendu Adhikari

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 4 : Amid allegations by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) that West Bengal Leader of Operation Suvendu Adhikari "hatched the Sandeshkhali conspiracy" as shown in a sting operation video, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader shot back saying that though truth can be "twisted" but its "shelf life" is short.
"The truth can be twisted and a misleading version can be circulated. However, it's shelf life is very very short. Ultimately, Truth prevails. Next time, keep it in mind, Koyla Bhaipo (Coal Nephew)," Adhikari said in a post on 'X' referring to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee who has been accused of being involved in the alleged coal scam.
Adhikari also posted a video of the Mandal (Block) President on Sandeshkhali Block 2 who claimed that his words were tampered using high-end technology.
"I am Gangadhar Koyal. and I am Mandal President of Sandeshkhali- 2. The viral video targeting me is part of a conspiracy and collusion. My words have been tampered. High-tech method has been used to tamper my voice. Me, my party and the women of Sandeshkhali have been targeted to tarnish their image and also tarnish the image of Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. This was their conspiracy. I demand CBI's enquiry into this. I will approach the CBI and ask for an investigation against I-PAC and Abhishek Banerjee so that they get punished," the Mandal president was heard saying in the video posted by Adhikari.
Earlier on Saturday, the TMC flagged a purported sting operation broadcast by a local television channel to claim that the allegations against leaders and workers of the TMC in the state were false and fabricated at the behest of Opposition leader and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari.
Polling for the Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency, of which Sandeshkhali is a part, will be conducted in Phase 7 on June 1. The BJP put Rekha Patra, one of the first Sandeshkhali protesters who came out against expelled TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and his henchmen, accusing them of grave sexual crimes, excesses and landgrab on the island, on its ticket from Basirhat.
On Saturday, a video of a sting operation surfaced that has stirred up controversy in Sandeshkhali which was broadcast by a local television channel. In the alleged video, a person, purportedly a BJP Mandal (booth) president named Gangadhar Koyal is heard saying that Sandeshkhali women, who weren't sexually assaulted, were projected as 'rape' victims at the behest of the LoP.
Claiming that Suvendu 'helped' him get this done, the person in the video said that the former told him that the TMC's strongmen in the area wouldn't be arrested unless he is falsely implicated in a "rape case".
However, the news channel that broke the alleged sting operation did not check the veracity of the clip.
Sharing a clip from the alleged sting operation, TMC leader and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, claimed on his official X handle that the people should see the BJP's attempts to tarnish Bengal's image and reputation to advance and achieve its political ends.
"I am shocked beyond words to see the SANDESHKHALI STING VIDEO. Every citizen must witness the BANGLA BIRODHI BJP's ORCHESTRATED attempt to DEFAME AND MALIGN WB for their petty political ends. This abhorrent act epitomises the GROSSEST ABUSE OF POWER in history. SHAME!," Abhishek posted from his official X handle on Saturday.
The people of Bengal will give a befitting reply to this 'staged' act, he claimed.
The women of Sandeshkhali in the North 24 Parganas district came out on the streets earlier against the ruling TMC and Shahjahan, accusing the strongman and his aides of perpetrating gross excesses and atrocities on them while also gobbling up their land. Multiple women on the island accused Shajahan and his aides of "land-grab and sexual assault" under coercion.