Senior TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was arrested on Tuesday in connection with Rose Valley chitfund scam.
Major clashes erupted at BJP party office in Kolkata following the arrest of Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay.
Party cadres of Trinamool Congress clashed with BJP supporters injuring several on both sides including senior leaders of BJP. A huge contingent of police officials was rushed to the BJP party office to bring the situation under control.Trinamool Congress supporters were seen pelting stones and hurling empty glass bottles at the party office. Meanwhile, the police is trying to push back Trinamool Congress supporters to prevent any further deterioration of the situation. Police have put up guard rails to prevent entry of any Trinamool Congress supporters near the BJP party office.
BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha alleged that 10-15 party workers were injured when Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad activists pelted them with stones. Carrying TMC flags and shouting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the agitated party workers accused the BJP of pursuing vendetta politics. Sinha said five to six cars belonging to the party were damaged and Modi's effigies set alight, he said.
"More than 10-15 workers of our party received severe injuries. Stones were hurled at cars parked outside. Is this democracy? A person who has looted public money has been arrested. So why are they protesting against our party office?" he said. Sinha was present inside the party office during the attack. Traffic in the area was thrown into disarray because of the protest. Incidentally, the BJP office is situated in central Kolkata which is part of Sudip's Lok Sabha constituency.
"Yes, we are protesting against the BJP because of the vendetta politics that they have pursued against our party. We are here to teach them a lesson," a senior TMCP leader of central Kolkata said. "We have cordoned off the area. A few people have received injuries," a police official said.
Furious over the attack on BJP party office, BJP national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh alleged law and order in West Bengal had "completely broken down" and the police were acting as "cadres" of the ruling TMC. "So many of our activists have been injured and police is just a mute spectator. This only shows that the police is acting as cadres of the ruling TMC," Singh said. The BJP leader met West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi and complained about the incident.
BJP office in Kolkata attacked by TMC students' wing after TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay's arrest pic.twitter.com/4VniPYw6ks
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 3, 2017
Rapid Action Force has been deployed near the BJP party office. All shops around the party office has been shutdown.Officer-in-charge, Jorasanko Police Station, Amit Rakshit has been injured in the stone pelting. Several cars parked near the party office also vandalised. Entire Central Avenue has been closed currently. TMC leaders are protesting against Bandyopadhyay's arrest in front of CBI office.
TMC workers protest, pelt stones and try to enter BJP's Kolkata office after TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay's arrest; pic.twitter.com/DiMB2VYnUT
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 3, 2017
With agency inputs
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