TMC-BJP Workers Clash: There were some tense moments on Monday at Durgapur in the West Burdwan District of West Bengal after a scuffle broke out between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP workers.
The problem started when BJP candidate from Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency Dilip Ghosh reached out to address a scheduled ‘Chai pe Charcha’ which had always been a part of his voter-interaction exercise. He was greeted by the chants of “go back” by the TMC workers.
A group of local TMC activists started shouting “Go Back” slogans as soon as he reached the location which provoked the BJP supporters, said Dilip Ghosh.
Eyewitnesses said that the BJP cadres accompanying Ghosh started shouting counter slogans terming all members of the Trinamool Congress as thieves.
This was the trigger and the simmering tension spilled out on the road as a fight broke out between the BJP and TMC supporters, which also included some women.
Soon, the police force reached the spot in large numbers and managed to separate the two rival groups after a lot of effort. Later, the BJP supporters staged a protest in front of the Durgapur New Township Police Station.
The protesting Trinamool Congress workers said they reached the spot to interact with Ghosh on the pending central funds to the West Bengal government under various centrally-sponsored schemes.
They alleged that Ghosh refused to speak to them and misbehaved with some of the people accompanying them.
However, Ghosh denied the allegations and alleged, “Deliberately they came with a group of women with them to create unnecessary tension in the area.”
(With IANS inputs)
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