BJP leaders JP Nadda, Kailash Vijayvargiya’s convoy attacked in Bengal, stones hurled at car

NewsBharati 10-Dec-2020 16:30:09 PM

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Kolkata, Dec 10: In a major development, BJP national president JP Nadda and party’s national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya’s convoy was attacked in West Bengal, as the two leaders headed towards Diamond Harbour on Thursday. A group of protesters gathered on the streets and attempted to block the road to stop the convoy from passing. Protesters also pelted stones at the vehicle.

The videos have surfaced on social media where protestors carrying Trinamool Congress flags are seen throwing stones and bricks at Kailash Vijayvargiya’s car, while the police were present there.

बंगाल पुलिस को पहले ही राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री @JPNadda जी के कार्यक्रम की जानकारी दी गई थी, लेकिन एक बार फिर बंगाल पुलिस नाकाम रही। सिराकोल बस स्टैंड के पास पुलिस के सामने ही #TMC गुंडों ने हमारे कार्यकर्ताओं को मारा और मेरी गाड़ी पर पथराव किया। #BengalSupportsBJP pic.twitter.com/G882Ewhq9M
— Kailash Vijayvargiya (@KailashOnline) December 10, 2020

Vijayvargiya shared the a similar video that displayed cracked windshields and pieces of bricks hurled at the car he was travelling in. He called the attack an absolute failure of the WB police working at the behest of Mamata Banerjee government. “In front of the police, near Siracol Bus Stand, the TMC goons hit our workers and threw stones at my car”, he wrote. Further, he said that the Bengal police informed about JP Nadda’s program in advance, still they failed to provide adequate security to the party president.

I was lucky to not get hurt running the TMC gauntlet on way to BJP event in Diamond Harbour. It says a lot for the mindset of TMC in WBengal that even @JPNadda ‘s vehicle is not spared. The assault on democratic politics is complete. The pic shows car Mukul Roy was travelling pic.twitter.com/UrbBsoXG5i
— Swapan Dasgupta (@swapan55) December 10, 2020

Later, speaking at a public rally, BJP President JP Nadda condemned the attacks. He said that they were only saved because they had bullet-proof vehicles. He added that there is no administration or law and order in Bengal. If it is impossible for national-level leaders to visit the state without the protection of central security forces, it can only be imagined what sort of violence the ground-level workers are facing, Nadda added.

However, the Bengal police have stated that JP Nadda had reached safely at the venue. Assuring that ‘everything is ok’, the state police asserted that the stones and bricks were thrown at vehicles that were ‘long behind’ the convoy and not at the BJP leaders. They have also asserted that the attackers were just ‘bystanders’.

Meanwhile, BJP President JP Nadda is on a two-day tour of West Bengal to participate in various programmes targeted at strengthening the party’s cadre as well as its presence at the booth level. Nadda’s tour is part of his 120-day national tour that is aimed at strengthening the party’s presence across the country.