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Abhishek Banerjee calls attack on Mamata’s car state-sponsored
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday alleged that Sunday's attack on former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's car in North 24 Parganas was "state-sponsored," blaming chief minister Suvendu Adhikari for executing it…
The Story in Brief
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday alleged that Sunday's attack on former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's car in North 24 Parganas was "state-sponsored," blaming chief minister Suvendu Adhikari for executing it and accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah of backing it. He claimed the attackers had been seen with BJP leaders on earlier occasions. Hindustan Times reports that on Sunday, during Mamata's visit to Bizpur to meet a deceased TMC worker's family, people threw stones, mud and shoes at her car; she said she "could have been killed."
BJP state unit chief Samik Bhattacharya condemned the attack and denied any party link. Transport minister Arjun Singh (TMC) also dismissed the BJP angle, saying the attackers acted because their homes were "looted and demolished" under the TMC. No party flag was seen at the protest.
The Indian Opinion
This is politics at its nastiest: one side hurls shoes and stones, the other hurls 'state-sponsored' without producing a single arrest or FIR that names the chief minister. The transport minister says locals acted because their homes were demolished, that claim also needs evidence. If the attackers really are BJP workers, let the police file a charge sheet. If they are angry residents, the TMC must answer for demolitions. Until Bengal has CCTV footage, an independent probe, or both, every charge remains a campaign slogan.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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