The West Bengal BJP on Friday shared a clip showing two Trinamool Congress leaders involved in a heated argument at an event during preparations for the party’s July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally.

According to the BJP, Trinamool Congress Malda unit spokesperson Ashish Kundu threatened to slap Ratua MLA Samar Mukherjee, who warned that he would break his fingers.

In the video, which the BJP captioned as “chaos within TMC”, some of the Trinamool Congress leaders separate Kundu and Mukherjee and calm them down. It was not known why the duo were involved in a heated argument.

“As part of the preparations for TMC’s 21st July rally, TMC spokesperson of Malda, Ashish Kundu, openly threatened to slap a senior party MLA on a public platform! In retaliation, Ratua TMC MLA Samar Mukherjee warned he would break fingers if pointed at him again!” the BJP said.

“Imagine if they can threaten each other openly in a public forum, what they do behind closed doors, and how they treat the public. TMC would crumble before the 2026 elections,” the saffron party alleged.

The BJP is aiming to end the rule of the Trinamool Congress, in power since 2011, in next year’s crucial Assembly polls. The state has 294 constituencies.

Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress is set to hold a mega rally on Martyrs’ Day on July 21. The party observes Martyrs’ Day every year to commemorate the deaths of 13 people in police firing during a Youth Congress rally against the Left Front government in 1993.

Even after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, once a part of the Congress, quit and formed the Trinamool Congress in 1998, she has continued this tradition.

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(with inputs from PTI)