Kolkata, Oct 19: West Bengal’s Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday alleged that his car was attacked by members of the TMC in South 24 Parganas district, where he went to inaugurate Kali Puja pandals.
Adhikari alleged that several attempts were made to stop his car, at least at seven locations, and an attack took place in front of the Lalpur Madrasa.
“In South 24 Parganas district, today I faced repeated attacks from illegal Bangladeshi Muslims. The obstruction, vandalism and chaos were orchestrated by none other than TMC Zilla Parishad Member Rekha Gazi with the aid and support of SP Koteswara Rao,” he alleged in a post on X, sharing a purported video of one of the incidents.
“I wasn’t going to participate in any political event, but was rather going to join the Kali Puja and Diwali festivities as a Hindu,” he said.
Adhikari claimed that the attackers were “mainly illegal infiltrators” who were wary of their fate due to the SIR process.
He said that the names of these attackers will be eliminated from the voters’ list following the SIR.
Those who tried to stop Adhikari’s car were heard raising slogans such as Joy Bangla.
West Bengal BJP’s co-incharge Amit Malviya said Adhikari was attacked by TMC’s lungi bahini, “who cynically used women as a shield”, in the Mathurapur and Mandirbazar areas.
Police said there were demonstrations at a few spots along Adhikari’s route, but they managed to facilitate his movement, and he visited all the places he was supposed to.
TMC spokesperson Jay Prakash Majumdar claimed common people protested against Adhikari as they are angry with the BJP.
“These poor people have been pushed to the brink because of the deprivation of funds by the BJP-led government at the Centre,” he said. (PTI)
