Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal President Sukanta Majumdar. file | Photo Credit: ANI
West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday met party workers who were injured in the accident in Cooch Behar district. Attack on Union Minister Nishith Pramanikand alleged that the police in the state were acting as a “cadre” of the ruling TMC.
Speaking to reporters, he said that instead of taking action against the TMC members behind the attack, the police were arresting BJP workers in the area.
He said, “If the Union Minister’s convoy is attacked, you can understand the condition of the people of the area. But I assure everyone that this reign of terror will end soon. We would have warned the TMC goons. There is still time to improve.” Otherwise we will have to take such steps that they will not get time to rectify themselves,” said Mr. Majumdar.
“BJP has some frontal organizations like Mahila Morcha and Yuva Morcha. Similarly, TMC also has a frontal organization – Police Department. Police officers have forgotten all legal and constitutional norms, and are just following their orders ” Political masters,” he alleged.
Shri Majumdar was accompanied by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Pramanik and senior leaders of the State BJP during the visit.
TMC supporters allegedly attacked Mr Pramanik’s convoy in Dinhata area of the district on Saturday afternoon. He claimed that “not only stones were pelted at the convoy, but bullets were also fired and bombs were thrown”, charges denied by the TMC, which said the BJP was trying to vitiate the atmosphere of the state.