Bengal Politics
BJP president JP Nadda's Bengal visit marred with violence, accused Trinamool hits back
Kolkata/IBNS: The second day of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda's West Bengal visit was on Thursday flared up after several activists, allegedly belonging to the ruling Trinamool Congress, attacked his convoy and pelted stones at cars of saffron leaders in South 24 Parganas district.
Nadda and his party colleagues were on their way to Diamond Harbour, the Lok Sabha constituency of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee, when the attack took place.
In the videos shared by the saffron outfit, stones were seen thrown at the convoys and some activists were chasing the cars.
Multiple vehicles in the convoy, including the SUVs of Dilip Ghosh, Kailash Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy and Anupam Hazra, were seriously damaged while few media cars also faced the attack.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a former BJP chief, condemned the attack in a tweet saying, "The attack on BJP president JP Nadda in West Bengal is condemnable. The central government is looking after the incident seriously. The West Bengal government will have to answer people for this organised violence."
आज बंगाल में भाजपा के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री @JPNadda जी के ऊपर हुआ हमला बहुत ही निंदनीय है, उसकी जितनी भी निंदा की जाये वो कम है।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 10, 2020
केंद्र सरकार इस हमले को पूरी गंभीरता से ले रही है। बंगाल सरकार को इस प्रायोजित हिंसा के लिए प्रदेश की शांतिप्रिय जनता को जवाब देना होगा।
"Under the Trinamool rule, West Bengal has gone into an era of torture, misrule and darkness. The political violence has reached a peak where it is saddening for all people who believe in democratic values," he added.
तृणमूल शासन में बंगाल अत्याचार, अराजकता और अंधकार के युग में जा चुका है।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 10, 2020
टीएमसी के राज में पश्चिम बंगाल के अंदर जिस तरह से राजनीतिक हिंसा को संस्थागत कर चरम सीमा पर पहुँचाया गया है, वो लोकतांत्रिक मूल्यों में विश्वास रखने वाले सभी लोगों के लिए दु:खद भी है और चिंताजनक भी।
The BJP has launched a statewide agitation with its leaders blocking the roads in protest against the incident.
Meanwhile, the West Bengal Police has maintained that "nothing happened to J.P. Nadda's convoy and it had reached Diamond Harbour safely".
"Shri JP Nadda, National President, BJP reached safely at the venue, Diamond Harbour, South 24 Pgs. Nothing happened to his convoy. Few bystanders at Debipur, Falta PS, Diamond Harbour PD, sporadically and suddenly threw stones towards vehicles trailing long behind his convoy," state police tweeted.
"Everyone is safe and the situation is peaceful. The matter is being investigated to find out actual happenings," the tweet read.
Everyone is safe and situation is peaceful. Matter is being investigated to find out actual happenings. 2/2
— West Bengal Police (@WBPolice) December 10, 2020
Facing the criticism of the BJP leaders, the ruling Trinamool hit back at the saffron party calling it for its "provocations".
"There have been provocations from the BJP but if there is any involvement of our party in the incident, we will investigate and take action," said West Bengal Minister and Trinamool veteran Subrata Mukherjee.
"Will request our activists not to be persuaded as BJP is conspiring to trigger violence in West Bengal," the senior politician said in a cautious statement.
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