West Bengal BJP State General Secretary Locket Chatterjee on Saturday alleged that TMC’s goons, led by Shilpi Chatterjee, attacked her vehicle in Bansberia.
She added the lack of candidate security is unacceptable and constitutes voter intimidation. Every thug should be arrested immediately to ensure a fair election in Hooghly.
In a video shared by BJP leader Locket Chatterjee, people were seen gathering around her vehicle and hitting it with their hands.
“TMC’s goons, led by Shilpi Chatterjee, shamelessly attacked my vehicle amidst KaliPuja in Bansberia. Their audacity exposes the Trinamool’s mafia grip over Hooghly. Today, their thugs dared to block my pilgrimage to Maa’s Puja. The lack of candidate security is appalling, a clear sign of voter intimidation. Hooghly deserves a fair election – every thug should be put behind bars now!,” she said in a post on X.
While speaking to ANI, she said, “Like every day, last night at 9:30 pm I finished my election campaign and was going towards Bansuria via Adishakti village. There is a place named Kali Tala where I got an invitation for Kali Puja. After meeting people and performing puja, when I was leaving from there, some people carrying black flags, raised slogans of ‘Go Back’. They started pushing my car from all sides. Seeing this, the security tried to remove them. I started making videos. A person hit me twice and tried to sit inside the car. My driver pushed him and closed the door. Those people wanted to injure me. When we informed the police, neither the police nor the local people knew where they had come from. TMC, under the leadership of Shilpi Chatterjee, creates such a big mess. Ward number 22 Councilor Ranjeet Sardar and other people were also present there…”
Hoogly, West Bengal: BJP MP Locket Chatterjee says, "Like every day, last night at 9:30 pm I finished my election campaign and was going towards Bansuria via Adishakti village. There is a place named Kali Tala where I got an invitation for Kali Puja. After meeting people and… https://t.co/5qPfakqYR0 pic.twitter.com/M6O7Mk9uLz
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Meanwhile, on a rerun of the attack on a raiding team of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) at Sandeshkhali in the North 24 Parganas district, some officers of the elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) was allegedly heckled in Purba Medinipur district on Saturday while carrying out a probe in connection with a blast case.
According to sources in the elite anti-terror probe agency, an NIA team visiting Puba Medinipur in connection with an ongoing probe into the blast case came under attack on Saturday.
Sources said the vehicle in which the NIA officers were travelling was allegedly vandalised while a person was being picked up in connection with the case.
West Bengal will poll for the Lower House of Parliament across all seven phases for the 42 Lok Sabha seats, the Election Commission announced earlier. Malda North will be voting on May 4.
