Cooch Behar: Alleging that he was attacked with crude bombs, sticks and bricks by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) employees in Coooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi space, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of inciting the folks from a selected neighborhood and demanded cancellation of her election conferences to make sure free and honest polling within the state.
Accusing the TMC supremo of upsetting the folks, Ghosh demanded that the previous be restricted for peaceable elections in West Bengal.
“Mamata Banerjee is trying to incite the people from a particular community. She should be restricted or else the river of blood will flow in Bengal and free and fair elections will not take place in the state,” he mentioned.
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Throwing gentle on the incident, Ghosh mentioned that he someway managed to flee after his automobile was attacked.
“I was in Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar, for the poll rally. While it was going on, the people returning in vehicles from Mamata Banerjee’s rally were threatening our workers, showing them sticks and creating tension. The police beat up our workers amid this,” mentioned Ghosh.
“When our (BJP) people started leaving later, the police asked us to stop for a while. When I started leaving after all the workers, the police left me and went away. I was then surrounded by hundreds of people, who attacked us with sticks and bricks. I was injured. Many vehicles were vandalized,” he added.
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The BJP employees later within the day staged a protest exterior the Election Commission workplace in Kolkata below the management of celebration MP Saumitra Khan to precise their ire over the incident
Voting for the West Bengal Assembly polls is being held in eight phases this time. Voting in Cooch Behar district will happen within the fourth section of the meeting elections on April 10.
