Durgapur: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Durgapur accused Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers of vandalising the party office in Basudha area of the city on Thursday.
"TMC goons have vandalised our office. They threw the articles outside the party office. If they think BJP can be stopped by such attacks then they are wrong. People are with us," Raman Sharma, BJP worker told reporters.
Polling in Durgapur will be on April 26 in the seventh phase of the West Bengal assembly elections.
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In another incident in Mathabhanga district, TMC candidate Girindra Nath Barman was allegedly attacked by BJP workers while he was returning from the election campaign on April 08.
The TMC candidate sustained head injuries. TMC workers staged a protest in front of the SDO office. Party workers asked Election Commission to take action against the incident. “BJP goons vandalised his car and attacked him. He has sustained head injuries. We demand action,” said a TMC worker.
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In another incident in Cooch Behar district, TMC workers accused BJP workers of attacking the party's candidate from the Mathabhanga constituency on Thursday. BJP and TMC are at loggerheads in poll-bound West Bengal. The first three phases of the eight-phased West Bengal polls have already taken place. The fourth phase of the elections will be held on Saturday. Counting of the votes will take place on May 2.
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