The BJP MLA of Raiganj, Krishna Kalyani, accused the Raiganj MP of his party, Debasree Chaudhuri, of “conspiring” against him.

On Thursday, all photographs of the MP on banners and hoardings at the MLA’s office were covered with white plastic sheets.

“I don’t want to keep her photographs in my office,” Kalyani said, alleging the MP opposed his poll candidature and worked against him, and when he won, tried to “malign” him. Kalyani returned from Delhi on Thursday after telling BJP Bengal leaders such as Suvendu Adhikari and Nisith Pramanik about his grouses. The MP, on her part, said she had not asked the MLA to display her photographs.

“The MP has been conspiring against me for months. After I was selected as the (Assembly) candidate by the party, the MP opposed me. Ahead of Assembly polls, she used her position and removed Biswajit Lahiri from the district president’s post, which led to tension in the party. During the polls, she tried to ensure my defeat but her plans didn’t work. Now she is trying to throw me out of the party by maligning my image,” added the MLA, who returned from Delhi on Thursday.

Earlier this week, Kalyani, now the sole MLA of the saffron party in North Dinajpur after MLA Soumen Roy defected to Trinamul recently, had fumed against Basudeb Sarkar, the district BJP chief, and some of his associates. He announced severing of ties with the district leadership and asserted he would not attend any event organised by them in the district.

According to party insiders, Kalyani had been to Delhi where he had met Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the Opposition in the Bengal Assembly, party MP and Union minister of state Nisith Pramanik and some other leaders.

There, he reportedly told them how the Raiganj MP, the current district BJP president and some leaders close to the duo were trying to create problems for him. “They heard him out... there had been some recent defections and the party does not want to lose any more MLAs now,” said an insider.

MP Chaudhuri said she never asked Kalyani to display her photograph in his office.

“After he got elected as MLA, he placed some demands before me that I felt could not be met by any elected representative. My refusal seems to have aggrieved him. State (BJP) leaders are aware of the entire issue,” she said.

“I hope they take appropriate steps,” she said.