Even as BJP leaders chose to remain silent on party leader Jagannath Sarkar’s remark on having “no barbed-fence between India and Bangladesh”, the Ranaghat MP on Sunday reiterated his statement, telling The Indian Express that he was referring to the prosperity of West Bengal if his party came to power in the state.

“My stand is still the same. I am saying once again that at present, there is a need for a barbed wire border with Bangladesh. But once we come to power in West Bengal, and they will see our prosperity, then there will be no need for the fence,” the BJP MP said.

In a video of his address to party workers in Krishnaganj on October 30, Sarkar is heard saying in a video that has been shared widely on social media, “We promise that if we win the elections this time, the barbed

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