New Delhi | The TMC on Tuesday sought a meeting with the Election Commission over the destruction of a statue of Bengali writer and philosopher Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar during clashes between workers of the ruling party and the BJP.
Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) fought pitched battles on the streets of Kolkata during a massive road show by formerโs president Amit Shah, who escaped unhurt but was forced to cut short the jamboree and had to be escorted to safety by the police.
Parts of the city plunged into a welter of violence as his convoy was attacked with stones by alleged TMC supporters from inside the hostel of Vidyasagar College, triggering a clash between supporters of the two parties, officials said.
โTrinamool parliamentary team comprising Derek OโBrien, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Manish Gupta, Nadimul Haque seeks meeting with EC in aftermath of the attack on Bengalโs heritage after Shah roadshow in Kolkata. BJP outsider ruffians resort to arson & break Vidyasagarโs bust,โ the TMC said in a tweet.
Earlier, Brien, also TMC spokesperson, took to Twitter and alleged that โa violent mob of outsidersโ were behind the attack.
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