Kolkata, June 1:
The TMC on Sunday alleged the attack on its leader Abhishek Banerjee in West Bengal’s Sonarpur was “planned and BJP-sponsored”, and not a spontaneous expression of public anger as claimed by the ruling party.
The opposition party posted photographs on its official X handle, claiming these proved the involvement of local BJP functionaries in the incident.
“If the BJP claims this attack was merely an expression of spontaneous public anger, then why was a key BJP functionary present at the scene playing such an active, directorial role? Who authorised this mobilisation?” the TMC posed in the X post.
The TMC also posted photos claiming that a woman seen in the crowd during the incident had previously been photographed alongside BJP leader Locket Chatterjee.
The party further questioned who had authorised the “mobilisation and planned the attack”.
Referring to Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, TMC demanded his accountability for the attack on Banerjee.
The TMC also alleged that senior BJP leaders had “weaponised” the word “Bangladeshi” as a slur for years and claimed that such remarks were now being directed at the sitting MP.
Questioning whether this was how opposition MPs were being treated under the BJP-led dispensation at the Centre, the party asked whether Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla would condemn the incident.