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A five-member Trinamool Congress delegation from Kolkata, including 2 MPs and a West Bengal minister, visited Tripura connected Wednesday (October 9, 2025) aft their enactment bureau astatine Agartala’s Dhaleshwar was vandalised the nighttime before, allegedly by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers.
“The maa, mati, manush of Tripura has fixed america a batch of emotion and respect… They are blessed that we are back. Tripura Trinamool Congress is present to stay. If we were that insignificant, and if the BJP authorities of Tripura did not person immoderate issues with us, past wherefore would our enactment bureau present beryllium vandalised?” Trinamool MP Saayoni Ghosh said astatine a property league astatine the vandalised enactment bureau today.
The delegation, comprising Ms Ghosh, Lok Sabha MP Pratima Mondal, MLA and West Bengal Minister Birbaha Hansda, and spokespersons Kunal Ghosh and Sudip Raha, visited the Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Congress bureau astatine Agartala connected Wednesday, hours aft it was vandalised the nighttime before. The enactment alleged that the onslaught was carried retired by BJP workers, and accused the State constabulary of inaction contempt being present.
The onslaught notably followed the grievous carnal battle connected BJP MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Shankar Ghosh astatine Nagrakata successful West Bengal’s flood-hit Jalpaiguri territory connected Monday, and the onslaught connected BJP MLA Manoj Kumar Oraon astatine Kumargram connected Tuesday (October 8, 2025). In some instances, the saffron enactment blamed Trinamool.
Trinamool delegation stranded astatine Agartala airport
However, the Trinamool delegation’s sojourn to their Agartala bureau which was initially scheduled instantly aft their accomplishment astatine the Agartala airdrome astir 12:30 p.m., was delayed by respective hours aft play unfolded surrounding the delegation’s exit from the airport.
“After we landed today, we recovered retired that the drivers who had travel to prime america up were threatened and sent distant from the airport. They did not fto america adjacent avail a prepaid taxi from the airport… When we decided we would locomotion from the airport, the constabulary stopped us. We told the constabulary that we volition locomotion to our bureau unless they put for vehicles for america urgently,” enactment spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said.
The delegation, which was joined by Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev, adjacent organised a little sit-down objection astatine the airport.
“When BJP leaders from Tripura sojourn West Bengal, they roam astir freely and prosecute successful each kinds of activities ranging from governmental rallies to weddings. But erstwhile we sojourn Tripura nether BJP rule, we spot hotels getting vandalised, edifice owners being threatened, our workers being assaulted, their vehicles being thrashed,” Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said.
After the airdrome incident, the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee raised questions connected the ‘double-engine BJP government’ of Tripura and cited past instances of attacks connected Trinamool leaders and their convoys successful Tripura, including that of Abhishek Banerjee and MP Sushmita Dev.
“We sent simply a five-member delegation comprising a minister, MPs, and MLA. But [the Tripura government] stopped them astatine the airport. Even a paid taxi was not allowed for them. They waited for a agelong time… After that, I told them to commencement walking. If they would person stopped them from that, I would person gone determination myself to spot however overmuch audacity they have,” West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee said aft the incidental astatine the airdrome unfolded.
Later successful the day, the delegation met with the Director General of Police of Tripura to sermon the onslaught connected the enactment bureau arsenic good arsenic the delegation’s acquisition astatine the airport, some of which, they alleged, had unfolded successful the beingness of the police. The delegation is apt to conscionable the Tripura Governor tomorrow.
It is worthy noting that Trinamool Congress had contested elections successful Tripura, including the Assembly polls successful 2018 and 2023. It had won 1 spot successful the civic polls successful Tripura successful 2021.
BJP reacts to allegations
The saffron enactment connected Wednesday accused the Trinamool of trying to distract the nationalist with their Tripura visit.
“It seems precise unusual that Trinamool has alleged that the BJP authorities has vandalised their enactment office. Why would BJP privation to bash that erstwhile Trinamool has nary beingness successful Tripura? … On 1 hand, Mamata Banerjee’s radical would battle BJP workers for fourteen years, smash an MP’s look to the constituent of bleeding. She shouldn’t deliberation these things volition not person an effect connected radical successful Delhi, Tripura oregon elsewhere,” BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul told The Hindu.
