‘Shah Backed, Suvendu Executed’: Abhishek Banerjee On Mamata Convoy Attack

TMC
MP
Abhishek
Ba e jee
o
Mo day
alleged
that
the
attack
o
fo me
West
Be gal
Chief
Mi iste
Mamata
Ba e jee& squo;s
co voy
i
Halisaha
was
“state-spo so ed& dquo;,
accusi g
the
BJP
of
ta geti g
oppositio
leade s.
He
claimed
those
behi d
the
i cide t
had
bee
see
with
BJP
leade s
o
multiple
occasio s
a d
alleged
that
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
a d
Home
Mi iste
Amit
Shah
had
backed
the
episode,
while
West
Be gal
Chief
Mi iste
Suve du
Adhika i
had
“executed& dquo;
it.
The
BJP
has
de ied
i volveme t
i
the
i cide t.

‘They
Wa t
To
Kill
Oppositio
Leade s& squo;

Reacti g
to
the
alleged
attack,
Abhishek
Ba e jee
said
Mamata
Ba e jee
was
ot
o ly
the
chai pe so
of
the
T i amool
Co g ess
but
also
a
fo me
chief
mi iste
who
had
held
seve al
po tfolios
du i g
he
political
ca ee .

#WATCH
|
Delhi:
O
the
alleged
attack
o
Mamata
Ba e jee’s
co voy,
TMC
MP
Abhishek
Ba e jee
says,
“It
was
a
state-spo so ed
attack.
Mamata
Ba e jee
is
ot
just
the
chai pe so
of
TMC;
she
is
also
the
fo me
CM
a d
has
held
seve al
othe
po tfolios
i
he
lo g-te m
political…

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—
ANI
(@ANI)

August
10,
2026

He
alleged
that
the
attacke s
had
li ks
with
BJP
leade s
a d
accused
the
uli g
pa ty
of
attempti g
to
elimi ate
political
oppositio .

“They
do
ot
wa t
a y
oppositio
to
exist;
they
wa t
to
kill
oppositio
leade s,& dquo;
Ba e jee
alleged.

He
also
accused
the
BJP
of
dest oyi g
Be gal
a d
claimed
that
it
had
failed
to
delive
o
p omises
made
befo e
the
electio .

His
ema ks
came
a
day
afte
Mamata
Ba e jee
faced
a
hostile
eceptio
i
Halisaha ,
whe e
p oteste s
su ou ded
he
vehicle,
aised
“cho & dquo;
sloga s
a d
allegedly
th ew
mud,
slippe s
a d
sto es
at
he
co voy.

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Mamata
Ba e jee,
who
had
t avelled
to
Halisaha
to
meet
the
family
of
TMC
wo ke
Bi ju
Keot,
alleged
that
he
vehicle
had
bee
attacked
despite
police
bei g
i fo med
about
he
visit.

The
BJP
ejected
allegatio s
of
i volveme t.
State
BJP
p eside t
Samik
Bhattacha ya
co dem ed
a y
attack
o
Ba e jee& squo;s
vehicle
a d
said
the
pa ty
did
ot
suppo t
such
i cide ts.

CM
Adhika i,
who
de ied
i volveme t
by
the
BJP,
i stead
said
the
p otest
eflected
public
a ge
agai st
Ba e jee.
He
questio ed
why
she
had
visited
Halisaha
a d
accused
he
of
seeki g
political
mileage
f om
the
death
of
a
TMC
wo ke .

Keot,
the
husba d
of
a
fo me
Ka ch apa a
mu icipal
cou cillo ,
had
bee
a ested
i
co ectio
with
exto tio
a d
othe
cha ges
a d
was
ema ded
i
police
custody.
His
wife
alleged
that
he
was
beate
i
custody
a d
died
followi g
police
assault.

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