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TMC offices attacked across Bengal
Several offices of the Trinamool Congress were attacked and vandalised in West Bengal on Monday, even as workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party celebrated their victory in the Assembly elections, PTI reported.
The BJP claimed that the vandalism was a result of internal rifts within the TMC, and that some of those carrying out violence were using BJP flags.
“Members of the TMC are attacking each other, and some of them are using BJP flags,” West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya claimed while speaking to PTI.
VIDEO | Kolkata: On statements made by TMC leaders before the elections, West Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya says, "Children often resort to mischief, its fine, let them. They enjoyed it at the moment but 'khela hogaya'. Two days ago, a senior IAS Officer's hard disk was… pic.twitter.com/9FFum2yF4a
However, Bhattacharya told ANI that if any BJP workers engages in vandalism, the party would be compelled to expel them from the organisation.
An unidentified Election Commission official told PTI that action would be taken against those involved, adding that the poll body had sought reports from the police about the incidents.
The police said that TMC offices in Tollygunge and Kasba in Kolkata, and in suburbs such as Baruipur, Kamarhati and Baranagar, had been vandalised by mobs starting Monday afternoon, the news agency reported. The party’s offices in Howrah and Baharampur were also reportedly targeted.
In the Bijoygarh-Netajinagar area of Tollygunge, the election office of TMC candidate and former minister Aroop Biswas was vandalised, PTI reported. At Ruby Crossing, the office of TMC councillor Sushanta Ghosh was also attacked by a crowd allegedly carrying BJP flags.
Trinamool Congress member Kunal Ghosh claimed that a party office in Kolkata’s Belghata was also attacked, and that a block president, Pabitra Biswas, sustained injuries.
বেলেঘাটা। ward 33.
Tmc পার্টি অফিসে বিজেপির হামলা। ব্লক সভাপতি পবিত্র বিশ্বাসের উপর জঘন্য আঘাত। গতকাল সন্ধেয়। বেলেঘাটা থানাকে জানানো হয়েছে।@CPKolkata @AITCofficial @abhishekaitc pic.twitter.com/b5K0O2brxg
The TMC claimed that one of its offices in Siliguri was also set on fire and shared a purported video of the violence. The party also alleged that its candidate Samir Panja was attacked in the Udaynarayanpur area of Howrah district.
The Mamata Banerjee-led party also alleged that its Noapara candidate Trinankur Bhattacharya and Barrackpore candidate Rajib Chakraborty were assaulted while leaving counting centres and had to be escorted out by personnel from the Central Armed Police Forces, PTI reported.
पश्चिम बंगाल में आ गयी गुण्डों की सरकार॥ @AmitShah के गुंडों ने कोलकत्ता के भवानीपुर में #ExideMore पर पेट्रोल पम्प तहस नहस कर दिया॥
पश्चिम बंगाल हर कोने से उनके गुंडागर्दी की खबरें आ रही हैं॥ pic.twitter.com/QxHLOkUMzR
Condemning the incidents, the TMC said that the BJP had “shown its true colours right after coming to power”.
The party alleged on social media: “Their goons led a violent attack on the TMC party office in Berhampore, Murshidabad. Vandalism and chaos…this is the real face of the BJP.”
BJP has shown its true colors right after coming to power. Their goons led a violent attack on the TMC party office in Berhampore, Murshidabad. Vandalism and chaos—this is the real face of the BJP. pic.twitter.com/OR67n3jifJ
Separately, BJP workers allegedly vandalised a signboard that said “Masjid Para Road” to “rename” it to “Netaji Pally Road” in North 24 Parganas district, claiming that the decision was to honour anti-colonial leader Subhas Chandra Bose.
BJP workers renames Masjid Para Road to Netaji Pally Road. They say it right— Bengal belongs to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. pic.twitter.com/zsXSEg1Ecf
Meanwhile, commenting on statements made by TMC leaders before the elections, Bhattacharya also told PTI: “Children often resort to mischief, its fine, let them. They enjoyed it at the moment but 'khela hogaya’ [the game is over].” It was not immediately clear which statements the BJP leader was responding to.
VIDEO | Kolkata: On statements made by TMC leaders before the elections, West Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya says, "Children often resort to mischief, its fine, let them. They enjoyed it at the moment but 'khela hogaya'. Two days ago, a senior IAS Officer's hard disk was… pic.twitter.com/9FFum2yF4a
In the results declared on Monday, the BJP won 206 seats in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly, ending the 15-year rule of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.
A party or an alliance needs 148 seats in the Assembly to secure a majority. The TMC had won 80 seats and was leading in one constituency, data from the Election Commission showed at 12.15 pm on Tuesday.
The Congress and former minister Humayun Kabir’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party won two seats each. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the All India Secular Front secured one win each.
Banerjee lost to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari by more than 15,000 votes in the Bhabanipur constituency. Adhikari had defeated Banerjee in Nandigram seat in the 2021 polls, after which the TMC chief had been elected to the Assembly from Bhabanipur in a bye-election.
Votes in 293 constituencies were counted on Monday as the Election Commission has ordered repolling in the Falta Assembly seat citing “severe electoral offences”. The polling there will be held on May 21 and the votes will be counted on May 24.
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