West Bengal: BJP chief greeted with black flags at Alipurduar, stones hurled at his convoy

Ghosh’s vehicle was partially damaged in the attack, sources in the BJP said.

The State President Shri @DilipGhoshBJP was attacked again by the incorrigible TMC goons in Alipurduar! BJP cannot not be stopped by these attacks and terror shows! pic.twitter.com/p5iQExhwFX

— BJP Bengal (@BJP4Bengal) November 12, 2020

A team of police officers, however, brought the situation under control, after forcing the protesters and saffron camp supporters to disperse.

Ghosh later told reporters, “The TMC and their friends are getting desperate as they can sense defeat in the upcoming assembly polls. However such tactics won’t work. People are with us.”

He also claimed that the incident goes on to show that law and order has completely collapsed in Bengal

After a Chai Pe Charcha session, we were on our way to another programme, when our convoy was pelted with stones. Black flags were shown.

“Such attacks by the ruling party and its allies prove that law and order has collapsed in the state. In a democracy such things don’t happen,” he said.

District TMC chief Sourav Chakraborty, however, said that Ghosh was trying to foment trouble in north Bengal, and none of his party activists was involved in the incident.

The GJM, led by Bimal Gurung, recently joined hands with the TMC, while the Binay Tamang faction of the Gorkha outfit has always been an ally of the ruling party.