TMC-BJP workers clash in Birbhum again

Earlier in the day BJP and TMC workers clashed in Jadavpur under Parui police station area.

A TMC supporter grieves as she searches for her belongings after her house was torched in a political clash, at Jadavpur village, in Birbhum on Thursday. (Source: PTI photo)

In the news for violent political clashes, the Birbhum district once again witnessed a turf war between the the workers of ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP at two villages Thursday. This came even as BJP workers, led by the party’s district president Dudhkumar Mondal, took part in a law violation programme before the district magistrate’s office here.

Earlier in the day BJP and TMC workers clashed in Jadavpur under Parui police station area. A house, allegedly of a TMC worker, was set on fire while several others were ransacked. Simultaneously, another clash was reported from Dhumshanka village over seeking political control of the area. However, nobody was reported injured till last reports came in.

Meanwhile, as part of its law violation programme, a mob of BJP workers led by the Dudhkumar Mondal entered the DM’s office premises and raised slogans. the DM, P Mohan Gandhi, later held a meeting with the protesters.

“We went to submit a deputation to the DM protesting against the police atrocities on the BJP supporters in the villages in Parui police station area. We told them that if the district administration keep on acting in a politically biased manner, we will have call an indefinite bandh and all developmental work in the district would be affected,” Mobdal said.

Mondal further said that he has been called to Parui police station where the “OC wants to discuss certain issues”.

TMC district president, Anubrata Mondal, meanwhile, said that BJP was coercing people to join and support the party. “The BJP leaders are going to villages and threatening people with dire consequences if they do not join the party. They are threatening people by saying that if they want they can bring central forces in the area,” he alleged.

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