Bengal Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday had a providential escape when a truck hit a vehicle in his convoy smashing its front before escaping the scene.
The accident happened at near Marishda village in East Medinipur's Midnapore district where he had gone to take part in Rath Yatra celebrations. Adhikari escaped unhurt.
The driver who fled with his vehicle was still at large while the truck was later seized by the police. The driver was being looked for. While the ruling Trinamool Congress said that it was a freak accident the BJP leadership it was in fact an attempt on the Adhikari’s life. Local BJP MLA Tapasi Mondal said that “whenever an Opposition Leader’s convoy makes a movement the police stations enroute are informed … the convoy is led by a pilot vehicle … when all systems were in place how come the accident happen … this means that there was a plan … this was an attempt on his life.”