Congress Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was allegedly gheraoed and harassed on Friday by alleged Trinamool Congress supporters even as he went to Raninagar in Murshidabad district to inquire into the reports of alleged violence on Congress men.
Chowdhury’s vehicle was blocked and he was shown black flags, brooms, sandals and stick by a large crowd that gathered at the entry point of Raninagar, the MP said adding his personal security officers managed to escort him out of the crowd.
“I have written to the Chief Minister, Chief Secretary, the DM and SP about the continuous violence being perpetrated on the Congress workers … I have told the Chief Minister to contain political violence in the State reminding if her party needed to resort to violence even after coming to power for three consecutive terms then there is no more shame that it … She should now consider that the acts of her party men is putting Bengal to disrepute … how will outsiders come here … how will investors come here,” Chowdhury said.
According to the Congress three houses of Congress men were ransacked and their owners beaten up by alleged TMC men on Thursday night. When Chowdhury went to find out the allegations for himself he too was blockaded away by alleged Trinamool men and women.
Reacting to the reports Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim said he had no information of such attack saying “the Trinamool does not believe in violence … I am sure no TMC worker would be involved in the incident.”