TMC holds massive protests across Kolkata, throws city traffic out of gear
A day after BJP's West Bengal President Dilip Ghosh and his companions were assaulted in Darjeeling hills, Centre's ruling party's youth unit, BJP Yuva Morcha, on Friday staged demonstrations at three locations in Kolkata, alleging that TMC planned the attack on Dilip Ghosh.
BJP activists burned the effigy of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Meanwhile, claiming that BJP is trying to spoil the 'recently-restored' peace in Darjeeling, MLAs and cabinet ministers of West Bengal took to the streets across Kolkata and several other places in the state and held demonstration from 1 pm to 2 pm.
TMC leaders also burned the effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
Traffic movement in Kolkata was hit due to the hour-long protests.
Earlier on Thursday afternoon, BJP Bengal President Dilip Ghosh and other leader-activists of the party, who were accompanying him, were allegedly beaten up by the followers of expelled Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Binoy Tamang at Chowk Bazar area in central Darjeeling.
BJP leaders claimed that the sudden attack was pre-planned and it was blueprinted at TMC headquarters in Kolkata.
TMC leaders, however, denied all allegations against them and made BJP leaders responsible for the incident.
Local police officials said that at least two persons have been arrested so far in connection with the case.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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