The automobile of All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who’s in Agartala on a day-long go to, was attacked by the BJP, the Trinamool Congress alleged on Monday. Banerjee tweeted the video of how his automobile got here beneath assault and accused the BJP of “taking the state to new heights”.
The TMC additionally accused the BJP of damaging and tearing off posters of Banerjee from the roads. The plan of making bother for Banerjee was hatched prematurely, the celebration claimed.
Senior TMC chief Derek O’Brien urged Home Minister Amit Shah to take motion over the incident. “Raised the issue in Rajya Sabha of Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee being attacked today in Tripura. Amit Shah please come to #Parliament and answer the hard questions. Democracy?”
At as soon as place close to Kamala Sagar, a bunch of scholars have been protesting for an area demand to be met. Banerjee got here out of the automobile, spoke with to the scholars and the matter acquired resolved. Sources within the TMC stated the scholars have been protesting towards the Tripura authorities.
The actual drama began a bit forward of the place of protest when Banerjee’s automobile was stopped over 10 instances, claimed an eyewitness who was travelling with the TMC chief. The TMC supporters current on the spot have been shouting slogans of ‘Khela Hobe’.
Soon after, as his automobile moved a bit ahead, a a lot of hooligans attacked it with sticks prompting the safety to return to his rescue and resulting in half-an-hour delay in his schedule.
After reaching Mathabari he stated, “They said ‘Athithi Devp Bhawa’ some days back but now they are attacking. The people of Tripura will judge”.
On the opposite hand, native BJP claimed that they’d prescheduled this system of celebration of excellent governance by Biplab Deb and weren’t conscious of the automobile assault incident.
The official deal with of BJP Bengal later tweeted, “While this has been a routine affair in Bengal for any opposition leader, seems you have now dispatched violent TMC cadres to Tripura… Wait till the people of Bengal do this to TMC leaders in West Bengal too.”
The TMC stated it can take up this difficulty in a giant approach and name for a protest in Tripura. It has already launched a protest via tweets.
