New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday sought a meeting with the Election Commission over the destruction of a statue of Bengali writer and philosopher Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar during clashes between workers of the ruling party and the BJP.
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Trinamool Parliamentary team comprising @derekobrienmp, @Sukhendusekhar, Manish Gupta, Nadimul Haque seeks meeting with EC on May 15 in aftermath of attack on Bengal's heritage after Shah roadshow in Kolkata. BJP outsider ruffians resort to arson & break Vidyasagar's bust.
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) May 14, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Trinamool Parliamentary team comprising @derekobrienmp, @Sukhendusekhar, Manish Gupta, Nadimul Haque seeks meeting with EC on May 15 in aftermath of attack on Bengal's heritage after Shah roadshow in Kolkata. BJP outsider ruffians resort to arson & break Vidyasagar's bust.
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) May 14, 2019Trinamool Parliamentary team comprising @derekobrienmp, @Sukhendusekhar, Manish Gupta, Nadimul Haque seeks meeting with EC on May 15 in aftermath of attack on Bengal's heritage after Shah roadshow in Kolkata. BJP outsider ruffians resort to arson & break Vidyasagar's bust.
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) May 14, 2019
Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the TMC fought pitched battles on the streets of Kolkata during a massive road show by party president, Amit Shah, who escaped unhurt but was forced to cut short the jamboree and had to be escorted to safety by the police.
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Desperate BJP goons from outside Bengal smash statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar inside the college.Violent mob of BJP ‘outsiders’ in presence of Pukeworthy Shah. How little you know about Bengal, its rich history, its culture. Bengal will never forgive for what you did today. https://t.co/WrFXP6bmJl
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) May 14, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Desperate BJP goons from outside Bengal smash statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar inside the college.Violent mob of BJP ‘outsiders’ in presence of Pukeworthy Shah. How little you know about Bengal, its rich history, its culture. Bengal will never forgive for what you did today. https://t.co/WrFXP6bmJl
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) May 14, 2019Desperate BJP goons from outside Bengal smash statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar inside the college.Violent mob of BJP ‘outsiders’ in presence of Pukeworthy Shah. How little you know about Bengal, its rich history, its culture. Bengal will never forgive for what you did today. https://t.co/WrFXP6bmJl
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) May 14, 2019
Parts of the city plunged into a welter of violence as his convoy was attacked with stones by alleged TMC supporters from inside the hostel of Vidyasagar College, triggering a clash between supporters of the two parties, officials said.
"Trinamool parliamentary team comprising Derek O'Brien, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Manish Gupta, Nadimul Haque seeks meeting with EC in aftermath of the attack on Bengal's heritage after Shah roadshow in Kolkata. BJP outsider ruffians resort to arson & break Vidyasagar's bust," the TMC said in a tweet.
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After insulting Rabindranath Thakur, then using the term Kangal, today they did not even spare Vidyasagar.
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) May 14, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
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">After insulting Rabindranath Thakur, then using the term Kangal, today they did not even spare Vidyasagar.
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) May 14, 2019
WATCH pic.twitter.com/5lQlbgX7klAfter insulting Rabindranath Thakur, then using the term Kangal, today they did not even spare Vidyasagar.
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) May 14, 2019
WATCH pic.twitter.com/5lQlbgX7kl
Earlier, Brien, also TMC spokesperson, took to Twitter and alleged that "a violent mob of outsiders" were behind the attack.
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