The BJP on Wednesday took out a silent march protesting against the alleged attack on BJP national president Amit Shah’s road show in Kolkata on Tuesday evening. A scuffle broke out between Trinamool Congress and BJP workers on Tuesday at Shah’s road show as BJP president convoy passed by Calcutta University campus on College Street.
The clash occurred between ABVP (students wing of BJP) supporters and student wing of the Trinamool Congress—Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad. As the news spread after the incident, BJP ruled Chief Ministers on Tuesday evening held a press briefing lambasting the TMC for incident. In Ranchi, Chief Minister Raghubar Das held a press meeting at his residence and attacked TMC and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for indulging in vandalism in election.
Das said, “West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is sure to suffer defeat in the hands of BJP in Bengal is taking the help of criminal elements. Attack on BJP national president Amit Shah road show is attack on democracy as the BJP had taken permission from election commission for holding the road show.”
The Chief Minister also attacked JMM for following the footsteps of TMC. Das said, “The JMM too has resorted to vandalism in state and facing inevitable defeat in state is going for vandalism in state.”
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, BJP leaders took out a silent protest march at Shahid Chowk in State Capital. BJP leader and State urban development minister CP Singh, Hatia MLA Naveen Jaiswal participated in the silent march.
Later, Singh said, “The Mamata Government is trying to silence the voice of people of Bengal through forces, but the people of Bengal will give a befitting reply to her appeasement policy.”
Meanwhile, State BJP spokesperson Pratul Shahdeo attacking the Mamata Banerjee and JMM executive president Hemant Soren said, “Mamata Banerjee after the incident had said that some criminal elements from Bihar and Jharkhand were behind the incident which is indirect attack on peace loving people of State. But the JMM leader Soren is silent on the issue.” The JMM leader should give an explanation on Bengal chief minister’s remark with whom he share stages on several occasion.
Shahdeo said, “The silence of Hemant Soren after the incident indicates that he is with Mamata stand.”
However, the State Congress has blamed BJP for creating mess in Bengal. State Congress spokesperson, Mohammed M Tausif said, “The BJP Government lead by Raghubar Das government has no right to talk about gunda brigade as entire country has seen show some people who are allegedly BJP supporters have killed innocent people in State.” Tausif said, “Some people in Ramgarh, Latehar, Jamshedpur and Godda who are allegedly supporters of saffron party have lynched innocents’ people in these places.”
The Congress leader said such a Chief Minister who had failed to protect people and during who tenure women, children are facing unsafe has no right to talk about gundaism in other state.
Meanwhile today, a BJP delegation urged the Election Commission to bar Mamata Banerjee from campaigning in the state after violence and arson during a roadshow by party chief Amit Shah.