BJP plans to expand into Nepal & Sri Lanka, form govts there: Tripura CM quotes Amit Shah

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has stirred up a fresh controversy after disclosing that former BJP President Amit Shah has plans to establish a government in Nepal and Sri Lanka, or at very least, expand party into India's neighbours.

According to a report in news portal East Mojo, during a party program in Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan on Saturday, Deb said that Amit Shah during his visit to Tripura, in a tea party with state leadership, said that he plans to establish party in neighbouring countries after winning in most of states in India.

'w Sri Lanka and Nepal is left'

“We were talking in state guest house when Ajay Jamwal (rth-East Zonal Secretary of BJP) said that BJP has formed its government in several states of India, in reply Shah said, w Sri Lanka and Nepal is left. We have to expand party in Sri Lanka, Nepal and win re to form a government,” Chief Minister said quoting Union Home Minister.

According to report, Deb said it was only under leadership of Amit Shah that BJP became world’s largest party. " communist had claimed that ir party was largest in world, which Amit Shah broke by making BJP largest party in world. Deendayal Upadhyaya’s party, Shyama Prasad’s party, Prishtha Pramukh’s party," Deb added.

" BJP will change trend of change of government between Left and Congress every five years in Kerala and emerge as winner in sourn state as well," he said. 

Reacting to this, BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy tweeted saying, "Was CM joking? Or sarcastic? He could t be serious."

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Tripura CM Biplab Deb's claim feasible?

It is t immediately clear how serious Deb was about Shah's purported remarks. While expanding an Indian political party into or countries is a new idea, this concept has been witnessed elsewhere in world as well, though along ideological underpinnings. For instance, Nepal is currently ruled by a communist party which is said to have close links with Chinese CCP, currently most significant Communist force in world.

Biplab Deb is also hardly new to overstatements or controversies. Last year, Tripura CM was in hot water after making highly controversial remarks at an event where he drew a comparison between people of Punjab and Haryana with Bengalis. Addressing a conference of Tripura Electronic Media Society at Agartala, he appallingly said Punjabis and Haryanvis are physically strong but have "dull brains" whereas body can beat "wit and brain of a Bengali."

Even before that, he has made headlines for claiming that advanced techlogies such as telecommunications satellites, TVs and missiles were available to those fighting Mahabharata war, in all seriousness.

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