Kolkata:

Jagannath Sarkar, a BJP lawmaker from Bengal, claimed that his vehicle was attacked by Trinamool Congress cadres when he was visiting the state’s Nadia district to attend a religious event.

Ranaghat MP, who is being renominated by the BJP in the upcoming polls, claimed that he was rescued by security and party workers during the attack in Chakdarha.

A skirmish broke out between some supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress in the Chakdarha area, but no major casualties were reported, police said.

“We are investigating the matter. However, no formal complaint has been lodged by either party so far,” said a police officer from Chakdaha police station.

Mr. Sarkar alleged that TMC-sponsored goons were trying to create fear among people in the area and criticized the police for failing to provide security to them.

Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari claimed that two BJP workers were injured in an attack on TMC workers in Canning area of ​​South 24 Parganas.

Mr. Adhikari claimed that two BJP workers Biwas Mondal and Subrata Das were seriously injured in the attack allegedly planned by Hussain Shaikh, the local TMC leader in Canning.

“Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, there is bloodshed again in Bengal politics. Bengal Kariyakartas of BJP4 Canningpurba Assembly (seat) were brutally assaulted and assaulted by TMC goons. Close aide of Canningpurba MLA Saokat Molla Hossain Sheikh, whose reputation is similar to that of Shahjahan Sheikh in the Indian Parliament. Sandeshkhali committed heinous crimes,” Mr. Adhikari said in the X post.

He added: “Some of our Kariyakarta people are seriously injured, including Biwas Mondal and Subrata Das, secretaries of Purba Mandal III hospital in Canning. They have been admitted to Canning He received treatment at the sub-district hospital.”

However, the state’s ruling party has denied the accusations and claimed that the violence was the result of “factional fighting” within the Bharatiya Janata Party.

“Jagannath Sarkar’s remarks on the Ranaghat incident are nothing but a desperate attempt by the BJP to shift the blame to the Trinamool Congress. Let him resolve the squabbles within his own party first. TMC is not convinced Attacking its political opponents,” said senior party leader Kunal Ghosh. He added that even the Canning incident was a result of factional fighting within the BJP.

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