Derek O’Brien Is a Clumsy Politician: BJP’s Sidharth Nath Singh

The Quint caught up with BJP National Secretary and in-charge of their West Bengal campaign Sidharth Nath Singh. (Photo: The Quint)

In West Bengal’s bitterly fought election, the BJP is in danger of being a party that “also ran”. On the other hand, if the election goes down the bone, the saffron party could be Mamata Banerjee’s chance at power.

The Quint caught up with BJP National Secretary and in-charge of their West Bengal campaign Sidharth Nath Singh while he was in Kolkata to oversee his party’s electoral run.

We spoke to him about the CPI(M)‘s allegation that the BJP and TMC are in cahoots, accusations of being anti-minority, political violence and the Derek O’Brien incident involving the tweeting of a morphed picture of Home Minister Rajnath Singh and former CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat.