‘Chor, chor, chor’: Egg attack on another TMC leader Soumitra Banerjee in police custody; video

NEW DELHI: Another Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, Soumitra Banerjee, was pelted with eggs on Tuesday while being escorted to court by police following his arrest. Video from the scene showed a crowd hurling eggs and chanting “chor, chor, chor” (thief, thief, thief) as Banerjee was being taken to a police vehicle.Police later brought the situation under control and safely escorted Banerjee to court. The TMC youth leader was arrested following a complaint lodged by BJP leader Ravi Keshari, who accused him of attacking BJP workers.This comes a day after senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh was targeted in a similar incident outside former chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence. Ghosh was speaking to reporters when a local youth allegedly hurled an egg at him. The accused, identified as Chandan, later defended his actions, claiming he was acting out of grievances against the Trinamool Congress.The latest incident comes amid continuing political turbulence within the TMC, which has been grappling with internal dissent, defections and resignations. On Sunday, rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar announced that 20 Lok Sabha MPs had merged with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) and would support the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), marking one of the biggest challenges to the party’s unity in recent years.