‘Attempt to murder’: TMC MPs blame BJP for attack on Mamata Banerjee’s car, claim CM Suvendu link

Fo me
West
Be gal
chief
mi iste
Mamata
Ba e jee
speaks
to
the
media
followi g
the
attack
o
he
vehicle,
while
she
was
o
he
way
to
meet
a
TMC
wo ke
i
No th
24
Pa ga as,
i
Ba ackpo e

NEW
DELHI:

T i amool
Co g ess
(TMC)
MPs
Kalya
Ba e jee
a d
Abhishek
Ba e jee
o
Su day
accused
the

BJP
of
bei g
behi d
a
alleged
attack
o
fo me
West
Be gal
chief
mi iste

Mamata
Ba e jee’s
vehicle,
afte
sto es
a d
othe
objects
we e
epo tedly
hu led
at
he
ca
i
No th
24
Pa ga as.Mamata
Ba e jee
was
t avelli g
to
meet
the
family
of
a
TMC
wo ke
who
allegedly
died
i
police
custody
whe
the
i cide t
took
place.
TMC
MPs
Kalya
Ba e jee
a d
Dola
Se
we e
accompa yi g
he .Kalya
Ba e jee
desc ibed
the
i cide t
as
a
“attempt
to
mu de ”
a d
alleged
that
the
attack
was
ta geted
at
Mamata
Ba e jee.
He
also
accused
the
police
of
emai i g
sile t
spectato s
while
the
i cide t
took
place.”The
e ti e
ca ,
the e
was
ot
a
si gle
seco d
whe
sto es
we e
ot
th ow .
Sto es
we e
th ow
eve y
mome t,
ta geti g
Mamata
Ba e jee
to
assault
he ,”
Kalya
Ba e jee
said,
as
cited
by
ews
age cy
ANI.He
alleged
that
hu d eds
of
BJP
wo ke s
we e
p ese t
at
the
spot
a d
claimed
that
the
i cide t
took
place
i
the
p ese ce
of
police
pe so el.”Hu d eds
a d
hu d eds
of
BJP
wo ke s
we e
the e,
a d
police
we e
emai i g
sile t
spectato s,
absolutely
sile t
spectato s,”
he
said.

Kalya
Ba e jee
also
alleged
that
the e
was
a
di ectio
f om
West
Be gal
chief
mi iste
Suve du
Adhika i
behi d
the
i cide t.

“Of
cou se
the e
was
a
di ectio
give
by
the
CM
Suve du
Adhika i,”
he
said.

Abhishek
Ba e jee
alleges
‘political
viole ce’

TMC
MP
Abhishek
Ba e jee
also
accused
the
BJP
of
u leashi g
political
viole ce
i
West
Be gal
a d
alleged
that
Mamata
Ba e jee
was
“b utally
attacked”
while
t avelli g
to
meet
the
family
of
the
deceased
pa ty
wo ke .I
a
post
o
social
media,
Abhishek
Ba e jee
alleged
that
the
i cide t
eflected
a
wide
law-a d-o de
failu e
i
the
state.”A d
ow,
a
fo me
Chief
Mi iste
of
the
state,
who
was
o
he
way
to
meet
the
g ievi g
family,
is
b utally
attacked
by
goo s
pla ted
by
BJP,”
he
said,
as
epo ted
by
ANI.He
questio ed
the
police
espo se
a d
said
the
i cide t
ep ese ted
a
“failu e
of
gove a ce”.”This
is
ot
me ely
a
failu e
of
the
state
police.
This
is
a
failu e
of
gove a ce,”
Abhishek
Ba e jee
said.He
also
alleged
that
the
police
had
failed
to
p otect
TMC
wo ke s
a d
the
g ievi g
family,
a d
questio ed
whethe
political
viole ce
had
become
a
tool
of
gove a ce
i
the
state.

Dola
Se
questio s
law
a d
o de

Rajya
Sabha
MP
Dola
Se
said
Mamata
Ba e jee
had
go e
to
meet
the
family
of
the
TMC
wo ke
who
allegedly
died
i
police
custody
a d
questio ed
whethe
she
should
have
bee
p eve ted
f om
maki g
the
visit.”Ou
wo ke
died
i
police
custody,
a
i cide t
aki
to
a
lockup
death.
His
wife
is
a
cou cillo .
You
tell
me,
as
a
matte
of
simple,
atu al
justice,
should
ou
leade ,
Mamata
Ba e jee,
ot
go
to
meet
that
family?”
Se
said.She
alleged
that
sto es
a d
half-b icks
we e
th ow
at
Mamata
Ba e jee’s
vehicle
a d
claimed
that
BJP
wo ke s
a d
police
pe so el
we e
p ese t
at
the
spot.”They
attacked
he
i
a
ta geted
ma e …
BJP
goo s
a d
police
stood
i
f o t,
th owi g
half-b icks
a d
sto es,
c acki g
the
glass
of
Didi’s
ca ,”
she
alleged.Se
also
said
Mamata
Ba e jee’s
visit
was
ot
a
political
p og amme
but
a
attempt
to
meet
the
family
of
the
deceased
wo ke .

Mamata
alleges
attack
could
have
caused
se ious
i ju ies

Mamata
Ba e jee
he self
alleged
that
la ge
sto es
we e
hu led
at
he
ca
i
f o t
of
police
pe so el
a d
said
the
attack
could
have
esulted
i
se ious
i ju ies
o
death.”La ge
sto es
we e
hu led
at
my
ca
by
a ti-social
eleme ts,
ight
i
f o t
of
the
police.
The
attack
o
the
vehicle
was
so
seve e
that
if
the
wi dows
had
bee
ope ,
my
head
would
have
bee
split
ope .
We
could
have
all
bee
killed,”
she
said.

She
also
alleged
that
the
police
we e
p ovidi g
p otectio
to
the
BJP
a d
said
she
had
eve
wit essed
such
a
i cide t
befo e.”This
happe ed
ight
i
f o t
of
the
police.
I
have
eve
see
a ythi g
like
this.
What
is
goi g
o ?”
she
said.”Cho
bhagao”
sloga s
we e
also
hea d
f om
the
c owd,
acco di g
to
ANI.

BJP
de ies
i volveme t,
co dem s
i cide t

West
Be gal
BJP
p eside t
Samik
Bhattacha ya
de ied
a y
BJP
i volveme t
i
the
alleged
attack
a d
co dem ed
the
th owi g
of
sto es
o
othe
objects
at
Mamata
Ba e jee’s
vehicle.

“Let
me
be
clea :
the
BJP
has
absolutely
o
co ectio
to
the
i cide ts
whe e
mud,
sto es,
o
slippe s
we e
th ow
at
Mamata
Ba e jee’s
vehicle,”
Bhattacha ya
said,
acco di g
to
ANI.He
said
the
BJP
did
ot
e do se
such
behaviou
a d
called
fo
police
actio
agai st
those
espo sible.”It
is
betwee
the
public
a d
TMC,”
he
said,
while
mai tai i g
that
the
BJP
co dem ed
the
i cide t.State
mi iste
Ag imit a
Paul
also
co dem ed
the
alleged
attack
a d
said
eithe
she
o
the
BJP
suppo ted
such
actio s.”Mamata
Ba e jee
may
have
committed
ma y
w o gs
o
made
ma y
mistakes,
but
we
ca
eve
suppo t
this
ki d
of
behaviou ,
especially
agai st
a
woma ,
a d
a
elde ly
woma .
We
do
ot
e do se
this.
If
a yo e
is
ca yi g
out
such
acts
while
claimi g
to
ep ese t
the
BJP,
they
a e
i
the
w o g,”
Paul
said.

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