1 month ago
28
ARTICLE AD BOX
NEW DELHI: Clashes broke retired betwixt supporters of the TMC and the BJP adjacent Girish Park successful cardinal Kolkata connected Saturday, astir 5 km from the Brigade Parade Ground wherever Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to code a rally aboriginal successful the day.
A constabulary serviceman and a BJP person were injured successful the violence, officials said. The confrontation took spot hardly fractional an hr earlier Modi’s rally, which marks the culmination of the BJP’s statewide ‘Parivartan Yatra’ up of the West Bengal Assembly elections.
Amid the violence, allegations besides surfaced that stones were thrown towards the residence of West Bengal curate Shashi Panja successful the Girish Park area.
According to eyewitnesses, supporters of some parties pelted stones astatine each different and raised slogans during the clash. BJP supporters alleged that the onslaught began portion they were heading towards the rally venue and raising slogans successful enactment of the premier minister. "Stones were thrown astatine america without immoderate provocation. They besides abused us," a BJP activistic told a Bengali quality channel. The BJP claimed that respective vehicles were damaged during the clash.
Local TMC workers rejected the allegation and said BJP supporters had archetypal hurled abuses and started pelting stones. They besides alleged that stones were thrown astatine the residences of section TMC leaders during the incident. A ample constabulary contingent rushed to the spot and brought the concern nether control. During his sojourn to West Bengal, the premier curate is besides scheduled to unveil and laic the instauration stones of improvement projects worthy much than Rs 18,000 crore.
