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NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee was beaten, attacked with stones and eggs were hurled astatine his convoy during a sojourn to West Bengal's Sonarpur South to conscionable families affected by post-poll unit connected Saturday.According to police, stones and eggs were thrown astatine Banerjee's convoy arsenic helium travelled done South 24 Parganas. The TMC person had gone to conscionable the household of slain enactment idiosyncratic Sanju Karmakar and different families who, according to the party, were targeted aft the assembly predetermination results.Reacting to the incident, Banerjee accused the BJP of being down the attack."It's each BJP-sponsored. Look what they person done. This is their illustration of democracy.
It hasn't adjacent been a month, and the constabulary are obscurity to beryllium seen," helium told reporters.The sojourn marked Banerjee's archetypal large nationalist quality since the TMC's decision successful the West Bengal Assembly elections 26 days ago. He was besides scheduled to sojourn families of different enactment workers allegedly affected by post-poll unit successful Sonarpur South and Beleghata.The outreach came amid mounting governmental tensions, a time aft the West Bengal CID served Banerjee a announcement directing him to look earlier investigators astatine Bhabani Bhawan, the agency's office successful Kolkata, astatine noon connected June 1.
Banerjee has accused aggregate agencies of being utilized to people him and has maintained that helium volition cooperate with the probe portion continuing his governmental activities.The summons relates to a CID probe into the alleged usage of forged signatures of Trinamool Congress legislators successful a connection submitted to the West Bengal Assembly Secretariat supporting elder TMC person Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay for the station of Leader of the Opposition.Speaking aft receiving the notice, Banerjee said helium would consult his ineligible squad earlier responding. "I americium yet to spot the contented of the notice. I volition consult with my lawyers and marque an due response. I volition surely cooperate with the probe successful immoderate mode possible," helium said."Let them bash immoderate they want. They tin bash immoderate they want. Understand it this way, earlier it was conscionable ED, CBI and present it is Bengal Police and Kolkata Police too, on with KMC (Kolkata Municipal Corporation)," Banerjee said."There were 2-3 probe agencies earlier and present it is 5. They deliberation they volition nonstop 5-6 agencies aft maine and blackmail maine into cowering down. I americium not a idiosyncratic similar that," helium added.
