Girish Park heats up following a clash between the Trinamool and the BJP on Saturday afternoon. — Own photo.
BJP Strikes Back; TMC Destroyed , According to the BJP, the fight started when Trinamool members threw stones at their buses that were traveling in the direction of the Brigade. Trinamool argues that it wasn’t until a minister’s home was attacked and vandalized that they turned to resistance.
BJP Strikes Back,The BJP claims that while their leaders and activists were traveling through Girish Park to the Prime Minister’s event at the Brigade, Trinamool “goons” threw bricks at the busses carrying them. This Trinamool attack caused major injuries to numerous BJP workers. They also claim that there was no action from the police. It has been alleged that a BJP worker threw stones at State Minister Shashi Panja’s Girish Park home. BJP activists allegedly carried out these crimes while traveling to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event at the Brigade, according to Trinamool workers. The Minister has also claimed that she was attacked.
The Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Bowbazar Police Station, Bappaditya Naskar, was hurt in this event. BJP Strikes Back , According to the BJP, a number of party employees were hurt, including Tamoghna Ghosh, the party’s North Kolkata District President. The hospital has received Tamoghna. During his speech at the Brigade Parade Ground, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also brought up the subject of the workers being attacked. “We will track them down and exact a reckoning,” he said. At Girish Park, police have been stationed. The incident site was attended by Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (Central) Indira Mukherjee.
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BJP claims
While traveling to Prime Minister Modi’s rally at the Brigade Parade Ground, the BJP claims that Trinamool workers threw bricks at their busses. A number of BJP worker were hurt in the event. Among those hurt was Tamoghna, the BJP’s North Kolkata District President, who has been transported to a hospital. BJP Strikes Back , Additionally, the BJP claims that there was vandalism on the buses that were going to the Brigade Parade Ground. Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar said, “I have video evidence showing Shashi Panja’s associates throwing stones at our buses,” while displaying a video clip. The state’s citizens must see how much they value democracy.
BJP Strikes Back,In an effort to obstruct our cars, Shashi Panja called in every councilor to plan this action. The police did nothing to stop the assault.”Shashi Panja is the mastermind behind this incident, and all the councilors in this community are involved,” he continued. They are trying to use the same strategies as when they defaced the statue of Vidyasagar. They are becoming more and more afraid as the elections get near.
TMC claims
According to the Trinamool Congress, an incident occurred on Saturday afternoon while people were traveling to the Brigade Parade Ground to attend Prime Minister Modi’s speech. A group of BJP workers threw stones at Shashi’s home, according to a group of Trinamool workers in the Girish Park neighborhood who were on their way to the protest. “BJP goons are behind this,” said Shashi. The buses that were allegedly carrying bombs, glass bottles, and bricks were on their way to the Brigade today. Goons from outside the area are accompanying them as they head to the Brigade. My house on Girish Park Main Road was attacked by them. She further claimed that numerous party workers suffered severe injuries and were hospitalized as a result of this incident.
Injured Trinamool workers at Shashi Panja’s residence. Photo: Sarmin Begum.
What was the course of the incident? According to Shashi, posters and flex banners with the phrase “Boycott BJP” were put up near his Girish Park home. They allegedly got off their bus, tore down these posters, and then got back on when BJP members passed by. The BJP workers then allegedly got off the bus and started violently abusing the Trinamool workers when they tried to hang the posters again.
According to Shashi, stones were also thrown at her house at the time, breaking the windowpanes. “These people are thugs; they are capable of murder,” Shashi added. The very concept of democracy has been killed. Take a peek at their boldness! “The Prime Minister stated today that ‘change’ is coming and that ‘every single account will be settled,'” State Minister Bratya Basu later remarked at a press conference. On the streets of Girish Park, we saw an actual manifestation of this exact danger. There was vandalism at my colleague’s house. The Prime Minister’s visit infuriated the party workers so much that they started throwing stones at the building in Girish Park when they realized it belonged to a Minister.
There was a savage attack on the house.”There has been one instance of an MP being murdered in Gujarat since independence,” Bratya continued. But other from that one instance, I haven’t come across any prior instances of a minister’s home being targeted in this way.Abhishek Banerjee, the All-India General Secretary of the Trinamool, wrote about the Girish Park incident on his ‘X’ handle. “I vehemently denounce the heinous and cowardly attack on Minister Shashi Panja,” he wrote. In addition to our party workers being physically attacked, her home was plundered and destroyed.
Abhishek claims that “BJP thugs attacked a State Minister, emboldened by the Prime Minister’s presence in the city.” This is an attack on all of the state’s women, not just one particular one.
Additionally, the BJP filed a counter-allegation, alleging that Trinamool employees threw bricks at their buses. A number of BJP employees were hurt in the event. Buses headed for the Brigade Parade Ground were allegedly trashed, according to the BJP. During the altercation between the two groups, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Bowbazar Police Station was also hurt. A thorough report on this occurrence has been requested by the Election Commission.