TMC leader Anubrata Mandal threatens to gouge out eyes of Left supporters

Trinamool Congress leader and party president of West Bengal's Birbhum district, Anubrata Mandal, stirred yet another controversy by saying that he will gouge out eyes of the CPM supporters. 

"If CPM supporters gives us a red-eyed look, we will also give them a red-eyed look. If they continue to do so, we will gouge out their eyes," said Mandal on Sunday while addressing a party supporters meet in Burdwan. 

Two months ago, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's nephew and first-time Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee had made a similar remark. 

"If anyone looks at West Bengal with evil intentions, we will gouge their eyes out and throw them on the road; if they raise their hands, we'll cut their arms off. But in a democracy, the will of the people is the last word. I don't want anyone to be harmed," Banerjee had said. 

This is not the first time that Mandal has made such a remark. Last year, during Panchayat elections in the state, he had reportedly asked Trinamool Congress supporters to burn down houses of independent candidates. He had even gone to the extent of asking his supporters to launch bomb attacks on police if they come to the rescue of independent candidates.