“Such attacks would not have been possible without the Union home minister’s active support. He is behind these attacks,” Ms Banerjee said.
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, days after her nephew Abhishek Banerjee’s convoy was attacked by alleged BJP supporters in Tripura, pointed the finger at Union Home Minister Amit Shah for allegedly staging the attack.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visits SSKM Hospital in Kolkata to meet TMC workers who were injured in Tripura yesterday. pic.twitter.com/en1O0Xs9ZO
— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2021
After meeting injured TMC cadres at state-run SSKM hospital in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee said: “The BJP is running an anarchic government in Tripura, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and wherever they are in power. We condemn the attacks on Abhishek and our party activists in Tripura.”
“Sudip and Jaya are students who went to Tripura, they were attacked and their heads were bashed in. Astonishing that everything happened in front of police and no medical attention was provided. Then they were arrested. Not a glass of water was given,” she said.
The West Bengal Chief Minister, terming the saffron party as a “monstrous party”, asserted that she won’t be intimidated by these attacks. She also alleged that TMC workers were being targeted in broad daylight in states where the BJP is in power, but no action is taken by the police and administration.
“Such attacks would not have been possible without the Union home minister’s active support. He is behind these attacks which were carried out in front of Tripura Police as it remained mute spectators. The Tripura chief minister doesn’t have the audacity to order such attacks,” Ms Banerjee said.
The serious allegations by Mamata Banerjee came in the wake of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s convoy being attacked with sticks and lathis by alleged BJP workers in Agartala. Abhishek Banerjee was visiting the Tripura capital to meet with TMC state leaders and prepare to expand the party’s footprint ahead of 2023 assembly elections in the state.
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