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Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar says his convoy vandalised in Nadia: ‘2 BJP leaders injured’

The incident took place when Majumdar's convoy was passing through Nabadwip bus stand at around 9 pm.

3 min readKolkataUpdated: Nov 6, 2025 11:50 AM IST

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Majumdar, while speaking with media persons, said, “Today we had two programmes in Nadia. One was a police station gherao regarding the high-handedness of police during Jagaddhatri Puja immersion and Rash Mela in Nadia.”

Union minister of State for education and development of North Eastern Region and former West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar’s convoy was attacked by “unknown miscreants” in the Nadia district on Wednesday evening, police said.

The BJP leader who was on a visit to the Nadia district to attend two programmes, alleged that the attack was carried out by “local TMC workers.”

The incident took place when Majumdar’s convoy was passing through Nabadwip bus stand at around 9 pm.

“There was a commotion while his convoy passed through the Nabadwip bus stand area. We are enquiring and trying to get details on what actually happened,” said a senior West Bengal police officer.

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“After the protest programme, I had another event — a book stall opening in Rash Utsav. While my convoy was passing from the Nabadwip area, two vehicles of my convoy lagged behind and tried to make a turn at Nabadwip bus stand. The vehicles faced attack by local TMC workers and were vandalised. At least two of our leaders got injured,” Majumdar added.

The incident marks the fourth alleged attack on a BJP leader in West Bengal in quick succession.

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The incident comes weeks after Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari’s convoy was allegedly attacked by women members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) while he was en route to inaugurate a Kali Puja in Raidighi, in South 24 Parganas district.

On October 18, BJP MP from Darjeeling, Raju Bista’s convoy was allegedly attacked when it was passing near Sukhia Pokhri in North Bengal. Bista claimed that “unknown miscreants” pelted stones at his convoy, damaging the vehicle.

On October 7, a mob attacked BJP MP Khagen Murmu and BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh during their visit to flood-hit Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district. Murmu sustained critical injuries as their vehicle was allegedly ransacked.

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