West Bengal: The convoys of Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh was allegedly attacked by supporters of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Bengal’s East Midnapore district on Tuesday evening.
While the two leaders escaped unhurt, their vehicles were reportedly vandalised.
The incident took place when the duo was on a visit to Khejuri in Contai Lok Sabha constituency around 7 pm where the BJP leaders had gone to campaign in favour of the party’s candidate Debasish Samanta.
Soon after the attack, Himanta Biswa Sarma took to his twitter account and blamed TMC for the attack and criticised the West Bengal police for their incompetency in controlling the violence.
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We are at Khejuri in Kanthi LS constituency and attacked mercilessly by @AITCofficial goons. Many of our workers are injured even as @MamataOfficial goons gheraoing and abusing us. @BJP4Bengal President @DilipGhoshBJP and I are stuck.
— Chowkidar Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 7, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">We are at Khejuri in Kanthi LS constituency and attacked mercilessly by @AITCofficial goons. Many of our workers are injured even as @MamataOfficial goons gheraoing and abusing us. @BJP4Bengal President @DilipGhoshBJP and I are stuck.
— Chowkidar Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 7, 2019We are at Khejuri in Kanthi LS constituency and attacked mercilessly by @AITCofficial goons. Many of our workers are injured even as @MamataOfficial goons gheraoing and abusing us. @BJP4Bengal President @DilipGhoshBJP and I are stuck.
— Chowkidar Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 7, 2019
In a series of tweets, Sharma also tweeted pictures of the convoy being vandalised.
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While reinforcement from @crpfindia has arrived, the violent #TMC goons are not allowing the forces to rescue us. @AITCofficial cadres shouting and abusing everyone. Scene here is scary!@ECISVEEP pic.twitter.com/ECL94GDoJO
— Chowkidar Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 7, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">While reinforcement from @crpfindia has arrived, the violent #TMC goons are not allowing the forces to rescue us. @AITCofficial cadres shouting and abusing everyone. Scene here is scary!@ECISVEEP pic.twitter.com/ECL94GDoJO
— Chowkidar Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 7, 2019While reinforcement from @crpfindia has arrived, the violent #TMC goons are not allowing the forces to rescue us. @AITCofficial cadres shouting and abusing everyone. Scene here is scary!@ECISVEEP pic.twitter.com/ECL94GDoJO
— Chowkidar Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 7, 2019
He also alleged that three of BJP's workers had been held captive by TMC workers in their union office of Khejuri.
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The @crpfindia personnel are helping us to gradually move away from here. Three .@BJP4Bengal workers are taken away by .@AITCofficial goons in front of police / Kultha Bazar, under PS Khejuri and kept in TMC union office. Goons have damaged 20+ motorbikes.#ShameMamata pic.twitter.com/XT7wWE0Cmn
— Chowkidar Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 7, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">The @crpfindia personnel are helping us to gradually move away from here. Three .@BJP4Bengal workers are taken away by .@AITCofficial goons in front of police / Kultha Bazar, under PS Khejuri and kept in TMC union office. Goons have damaged 20+ motorbikes.#ShameMamata pic.twitter.com/XT7wWE0Cmn
— Chowkidar Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 7, 2019The @crpfindia personnel are helping us to gradually move away from here. Three .@BJP4Bengal workers are taken away by .@AITCofficial goons in front of police / Kultha Bazar, under PS Khejuri and kept in TMC union office. Goons have damaged 20+ motorbikes.#ShameMamata pic.twitter.com/XT7wWE0Cmn
— Chowkidar Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 7, 2019
Bengal has witnessed several instances of violence between the two cadre-based parties- BJP and TMC- during the ongoing general election 2019.
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The TMC and BJP are locked in a bitter electoral battle with the latter targeting to win at least 22-23 seats in the state that has 42 constituencies.
