Diamond Harbour:Stones were hurled on Thursday at BJP national president J P Nadda's convoy when it was on its way to Diamond Harbour area in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district from Kolkata.
"BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya's car was also completely ransacked in the melee," sources in the saffron party said.
"Vehicles of media personnel, too, were not spared," the sources said.
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Meanwhile, Piyush Goyal, Minister for Railways, Commerce and Industries condemned the attack on Nadda and called it 'heinous'. Goyal called for strict action against people responsible for the attack.
"On our way to Diamond Harbour, TMC supporters blocked the road and pelted Naddaji's vehicle and other cars in the convoy with stones. This only shows the true colour of the TMC," Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh told a news agency.
The police later intervened and ensured the passage of the convoy.
Dilip Ghosh questioned the security arrangements made by the state government and wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah about security lapse. Based on the letter, the home ministry has asked a report on the incident from the home secretary and DGP of West Bengal.
"There has been a security lapse during party president JP Nadda's visit to the state. There was no presence of police at his events yesterday. I have written to Home Minister Amit Shah and administration here," Dilip Ghosh told reporters on Thursday.
Alleging a lapse in security, the state BJP chief said demonstrators on Wednesday raised black flags and some even climbed on the cars parked outside the office amid Nadda's visit.
"At our party office at Hastings, Kolkata, there was a mob of 200 plus with sticks, bamboos etc demonstrating raising black flags. Some of them climbed on the cars parked outside the office and raised slogans. Police did not intervene to stop them and casually allowed them to come within a close perimeter of Nadda ji's vehicle," Ghosh said in a letter on Wednesday.
(With inputs from agencies)
