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The Leader of Opposition successful the West Bengal Assembly, the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, ran into protesters astatine antithetic locations crossed the South 24 Parganas territory connected Sunday arsenic helium attended Kali Puja.
Speaking to the media later, Mr. Adhikari said his car was attacked astatine respective places successful the district. “In South 24 Parganas district, contiguous I faced repeated attacks from amerciable Bangladeshi Muslims. The obstruction, vandalism, and chaos were orchestrated by nary different than the TMC Zila Parishad member, Rekha Gazi, with the assistance and enactment of SP Koteswara Rao,” helium alleged successful a station connected X, sharing a purported video of 1 of the incidents.
Mr. Adhikari claimed that helium was attacked connected his mode to Raidighi; the TMC has refuted the allegations, saying the locals had genuine concerns.
The protesters, who included women, held posters demanding that the Centre merchandise funds owed to West Bengal. Hundreds of protesters blocked Mr. Adhikari’s convoy and raised slogans.
SIR volition exclude illegals
The BJP person said helium was not participating successful immoderate governmental lawsuit but was going to articulation Kali Puja and Diwali festivities arsenic a Hindu. The Nandigram MLA, who has been drumming up enactment for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR), said that names of “Bangladeshi Muslims” who were down the onslaught connected his conveyance volition beryllium removed from the elector database aft the SIR.
Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said his enactment has thing to bash with the protests.
“The occupation is that the radical of Bengal are aggravated with the BJP’s policies... People cognize that the funds meant for them were not provided by the BJP; the funds for lodging were not given, which Mamata Banerjee provided... People are rejecting the authorities of the BJP,” Mr. Ghosh said
The protests came a time aft Darjeeling MP, the BJP’s Raju Bista, claimed his convoy was attacked successful Darjeeling. On October 6, 2 BJP leaders, MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Sankar Ghosh, were attacked astatine Nagrakata allegedly by Trinamool Congress supporters, portion they were visiting flood victims.
Mr. Adhikari’s convoy was attacked erstwhile earlier astatine Khagrabari connected August 5 and the BJP person said that determination was a conspiracy to termination him. Over the years, respective BJP leaders including erstwhile State enactment presidents Dilip Ghosh and Sukanta Majumdar person faced akin attacks allegedly by supporters of the TMC.
