West Bengal: BJP MP & MLA assaulted during flood tour

JALPAIGURI/SILIGURI: A radical of astir 50 villagers assaulted BJP MP from Malda North, Khagen Murmu, and BJP MLA from Siliguri, Sankar Ghosh, and ransacked their cars connected Monday astatine Bamandanga successful Jalpaiguri's Nagrakata, wherever the legislators had gone to inspect flood-hit areas.

The onslaught near Murmu bleeding profusely from the nose. He besides suffered large look and caput injuries. Some journalists were besides injured. PM Narendra Modi, starring the corporate outrage of BJP implicit the attack, said it "highlighted the insensitivity of TMC arsenic good arsenic the perfectly pathetic instrumentality and bid concern successful the state". He said helium wished the Bengal govt and TMC were much focused connected helping radical alternatively than indulging successful unit successful specified a challenging situation.But TMC politicians said the villagers attacked the BJP lawmakers arsenic they were aggravated that they seemed funny lone successful a photo-op. CM Mamata Banerjee appealed for calm and urged radical not to get provoked, stressing that "untoward incidents are undesirable astatine this time". She asked DGP Rajeev Kumar to intervene immediately.Sources said arsenic soon arsenic Murmu and Ghosh got disconnected their vehicles, they were surrounded by villagers who pelted them with stones, bushed them with bamboo sticks, and ransacked their vehicles.

CAPF jawans accompanying the 2 managed to resistance them into their vehicles that past sped away. In a video connection from the convoy, MLA Ghosh said, "This was however we were attacked. Not a azygous windowpane of our car is intact... Our MP is earnestly injured. Total anarchy is prevailing successful West Bengal."