SEVERAL INJURED IN FIRING DURING BJP-TMC CLASH IN HOWRAH DISTT

HOWRAH: Several people were injured, many vehicles vandalised as BJP and Trinamool Congress supporters clashed in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Saturday, police said.

Accusing the TMC of attacking its party workers, BJP’s district president in Howrah, Surajit Saha said “the ruling party will get the reply they understand the best”.

“Some of our workers were attacked by TMC workers today morning in Howrah. If they want politics in this language, they will be taught lessons in a similar language. The police have become agents of TMC. There is nothing called democracy in the state. The police is doing what TMC is asking it do,” Saha said while speaking to ANI.

Crude bombs were also allegedly hurled during the street fight at Bally, triggering panic in the area. Besides, a few bikes and a police vehicle were vandalised, officials said. On Friday, Bally MLA Baishaki Dalmia was suspended by the Trinamool Congress for alleged anti-party activities, hours after Domjur MLA Rajib Banerjee resigned as a minister in the Mamata Banerjee government. Police were yet to confirm about the firing but the BJP claimed that party member Promod Dubey who received a bullet injury in a firing at Abhra Sen Street was rushed to the Howrah hospital.

Local TMC leaders said that some BJP members were allegedly extorting money from shops in the area, following which people of the area protested and roughed them up.

TMC claimed that BJP supporters hurled crude bombs and set on fire some vehicles to foment trouble in the peaceful locality.