‘Could have been killed’: Mamata Banerjee's vehicle attacked with ‘stones, mud’ in North 24 Parganas
The TMC president said she was on her way to visit the family of a deceased party worker when the incident took place.
On Sunday, angry residents hurled stones, mud and shoes at the car of Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress chief and former chief minister, in Halisahar, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. Banerjee was unharmed as she remained inside her car during the incident. The agitators, claiming to be local residents, expressed anger at Banerjee's lack of visit to the area during her tenure.
They hurled slogans like "go back" and "thief." Banerjee blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the attack, stating that it aimed to prevent her from speaking with the family of a TMC worker who died in police custody the previous day. This was the first time Banerjee faced such a situation after the TMC's defeat in the assembly polls in May.
Kalyan Banerjee, a TMC Lok Sabha member, accused the state administration of allowing BJP workers to target Banerjee's car. BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya condemned the incident, questioning the party's reaction to the loss of power. Urban development minister Agnimitra Paul condemned the violence, emphasizing that such an act does not reflect Bengal's culture.
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