On Saturday, a mob in Hooghly targeted Kunal Ghosh, an MLA from Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, by throwing stones and eggs at his vehicle. This incident marks another escalation in the ongoing political tensions in West Bengal.
Earlier reporting noted: TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh’s car allegedly attacked by BJP workers with ‘eggs and bricks’ on his way to Mamata’s rally Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh’s car was attacked at Uttarpara in Hooghly district on Saturday while he was on his way to attend a rally of former chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Serampore in the same district. Ghosh came under attack while he was on his way to attend a rally by party chief Mamata Banerjee. They attacked my car with stones and eggs and blocked the road. No police personnel were present there. I am now returning to Kolkata and will go straight to Lal Bazaar or Bhawani Bhawan to lodge a complaint. Reacting to the attack, Ghosh’s boss and Mamata Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee blamed the BJP and alleged that the ruling party was trying to stop people from coming for her rally. This is the recent in the spate egg attacks on the Trinamool leaders since the party’s defeat in the May Bengal elections. A mob, armed with lathis, rods, and carrying black posters, was shouting slogans. A second mob blocked the road. They hurled eggs and bricks and broke both the windshields. Glass shards fell all over me. They want us to believe that there was no intelligence input.
I will return to Kolkata and go straight to Bhabani Bhavan (state police headquarters) so that the police top brass can see what has happened.
Reacting to the incident, Ghosh said, “This is jungle raj. Party leader Asit Majumdar alleged that it was a “pre-planned attack by the BJP, not a protest by common people”. the ruling party has dubbed it public anger directed at the “corrupt” Trinamool leaders While the Trinamool has blamed the BJP for unleashing egg attacks on it leaders. I couldn’t go ahead any further,” he said. I am lucky that the driver wasn’t injured, else we would have got stranded there,” Ghosh is also the party spokesperson, told the media.
The Calcutta High Court had stepped into multiple related incidents previously asking the state government to report on actions taken against egg attacks. Earlier reporting noted: “BJP goons attacked my car while I was on my way to attend Banerjee’s rally. Earlier reporting noted: “Not a single policeman was there.
