Kolkata:
“Rulers became killers.” This was former Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s assessment of the pushing, pulling, and slapping of her nephew Abhishek Banerjee on camera in Sonarpur, South 24 Parganas, on Saturday. Both the Trinamool Congress leaders blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the assault, prompting an immediate and categorical denial by the ruling party.
“RULERS BECAME KILLERS- shame on you, BJP,” said Mamata Banerjee, who lost power this month after an eventful 15 years, as the BJP formed its first government in the state.
Abhishek Banerjee, the de facto Number 2 in the Trinamool Congress, had gone to the area to meet with party workers and their families who allegedly faced violence following the TMC’s drubbing in the polls. As he was making his way through a crowd, wearing a cricket helmet to protect his head, a mob roughed him up and threw stones and eggs at him. He was also slapped and punched. The viral videos of the assault show him and his private security personnel struggling to stave off the assailants.
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