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Kolkata: TMC-BJP supporters come to blows over loudspeakers; stage set on fire

Kolkata: TMC-BJP supporters come to blows over loudspeakers; stage set on fire

NEW DELHI: A Clash broke out between the supporters of TMC and BJP in Kolkata over the use of microphones by a local club allegedly in high volume on Sunday.According to news agency PTI, the a makeshift stage, where former Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb addressed a public meeting, was also allegedly set on fire during the clash.According to the officials, one fire tender was pressed into service to bring the blaze under control.TMC MLA from the Behala Purba constituency, Ratna Chatterjee, claimed that some BJP supporters accosted members of the club during a badminton tournament.”The Trinamool Congress will make its stance harder, the more they resort to such tactics,” she told reporters after visiting the club.Local BJP leaders alleged that some goons set fire to the makeshift stage at Sakherbazar from where Deb addressed the rally earlier in the day, as part of the saffron brigade’s ‘Parivartan Sankalp Yatra’ ahead of the Bengal assembly polls.

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