Chanadipur (WB), May 5 (PTI) The TMC on Friday staged a protest rally in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district over the demise of an individual after being hit allegedly by one of many vehicles within the convoy of Leader of the Opposition within the state meeting, Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP. The police are but to verify whether or not the automobile was part of the Nandigram MLA’s convoy. Adhikari who will get Z+ class safety cowl denied the cost, asserting that his convoy had handed the realm lengthy earlier than the incident occurred on Thursday night time.
People of Chandipur space within the district put up a highway blockade for over an hour alleging {that a} man of the locality was hit by one of many automobiles of a VIP convoy which was passing by the realm. The sufferer was crossing the highway when the accident occurred. TMC staff led by senior chief Dola Sen rushed to the spot to organise a protest rally within the space demanding Adhikari’s arrest.
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“How an individual will be so inhuman that even after the person was hit by a automotive in his convoy, he didn’t hassle to take care of him? The injured individual may have been taken to a hospital. Security personnel accompanying Suvendu Adhikari may have helped him,? Sen informed reporters. The BJP chief must be arrested and questioned to ship out a message in opposition to VIP tradition, she mentioned. TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh too demanded that Adhikari be arrested.
Adhikari, nevertheless, described the allegation as baseless. “My convoy had crossed the area much before the incident happened. A proper investigation will bring out the truth,” he mentioned. Dubbing the allegations an try and “politicize the matter”, state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar questioned how somebody may breach the safety ring as Adhikari will get a Z+ safety cowl.
“The allegations are an attempt to malign the BJP and Suvendu Adhikari. We condemn it. But the state police is authorised to sanitise the road for a Z+ protectee. They should answer about this breach in his security,” he mentioned.
