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A video of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Alipurduar MP Manoj Tigga went viral connected societal media connected Saturday (November 1, 2025), showing him misbehaving with the Madarihat Block Development Officer (BDO) implicit the organisation of flood alleviation materials.
As contention erupted, Mr. Tigga claimed his absorption was provoked by biased flood alleviation organisation and the mistreatment of absorption workers.
In the video, Mr. Tigga is seen banging the array of BDO Amit Kumar Chourasia and shouting astatine him, accusing the authoritative of favouring Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders and supporters. “If you privation to beryllium a BDO, past bash your duties. But if you privation to bash enactment politics, spell prime up the TMC flag,” Mr. Tigga is heard saying. “We person asked for tarpaulin respective times, did you springiness it to us? No. Which regularisation tells you to administer flood alleviation on with TMC leaders?”
The heated speech reportedly broke retired implicit the allotment and organisation of government-provided flood alleviation successful the Madarihat block.
“When beverage plot labourers and mediocre radical attack the BDO office, they get nothing. Our representatives were denied flood relief, but TMC workers received it easily. How tin a nationalist servant enactment similar this?” Mr. Tigga asked.
“They are depriving local, flood-affected people,” the BJP MP added.
Reacting to the incident, TMC MLA and North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha told The Hindu that the misbehaviour appeared “pre-planned.”
“A idiosyncratic tin marque requests, but however tin an elected MP usage unit and misbehave with a authorities official?” Mr. Guha asked.
