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BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta claims to have been 'locked into room' in Visva Bharati

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jan 08, 2020, at 08:30 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta on Wednesday claimed that he had been locked into a room due to mob attack while he was addressing a meeting at Visva Bharati University in West Bengal's Shantiniketan.

According to Dasgupta, the mob attacked him while he was addressing a "peaceful meeting" on CAA.

"How does it feel to have a mob attack a peaceful meeting on CAA and intimidation students? This is what is happening to a meeting I am addressing at Vishwa Bharati now. Locked into room now with mob outside," he tweeted.

How does it feel to have a mob attack a peaceful meeting on CAA and intimidation students? This is what is happening to a meeting I am addressing at Vishwa Bharati now. Locked into room now with mob outside.
— Swapan Dasgupta (@swapan55) January 8, 2020

Earlier, he tweeted a poster at Viva Bharati campus walls which called for boycotting his seminar.

He had then urged all with open minds to attend the same.

"This poster has appeared on a wall in the Vishwa Bharati campus, Santiniketan. I assure everyone that attending the seminar is totally voluntary. People with open minds very welcome," he wrote on Twitter.

This poster has appeared on a wall in the Vishwa Bharati campus, Santiniketan. I assure everyone that attending the seminar is totally voluntary. People with open minds very welcome. pic.twitter.com/AptJ209hKw
— Swapan Dasgupta (@swapan55) January 8, 2020

The local BJP, meanwhile, targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the alleged mob attack.

#WestBengal #VisvaBharati #BJPMPLocked #SwapanDasgupta #CAA

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