Tripura Congress Chief s Car Attacked, Allegedly By BJP Supporters Dramatic visuals showed the car with the front windshield cracked and shattered in places, shards of broken glass lying on the front passenger seat
Updated: January 17, 2021 4:48 pm IST
Tripura Congress President Pijush Biswas claimed BJP supporters were behind the attack
Agartala:
Tripura Congress chief Pijush Biswas suffered minor injuries after his vehicle was attacked Sunday morning. Mr Biswas, who was taken to a local hospital for treatment, alleged the attack was carried out by supporters of the ruling BJP and took place despite police presence.
According to Mr Biswas, who spoke to NDTV via phone, the attack took place outside the Congress field office in Bishalgarh, which is around 20 km from state capital Agartala. Mr Biswas had travelled there to attend a party meeting.
CPI(M) claims BJP cadre have also attacked party MP
The Congress has called a 12-hour general strike in Tripura on Monday to protest against alleged attack on its State president Pijush Kanti Biswas in Bishalgarh in Sepahijala district on Sunday. It said Mr. Biswas and his personal security guards had sustained injuries and blamed BJP supporters for the attack.
It said Mr. Biswas went to Bishalgarh to inaugurate a party office.
Party leaders Harekrishna Bhowmik and Baptu Chakraborty said: “His vehicle was damaged. The police rescued him and took him to a local hospital.”
The CPI(M) alleged that its leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jharna Das Baidya was attacked and her security staff were manhandled by the BJP supporters at Hafania locality near here. Party leader Pabitra Kar said at least 10 activists of the party’s youth and students’ fronts had sustained injuries.
Tripura Congress chief attacked by BJP workers
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Updated: Monday, January 18, 2021, 9:45 [IST]
Agartala, Jan 17: Tripura Congress chief Pijush Kanti Biswas on Sunday alleged he was attacked by BJP workers in Sipahijala district, a charge denied by the ruling party.
The Congress called a state-wide dawn-to-dusk bandh in protest against the alleged attempt on the life of the party s state chief.
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Biswas said the incident took place in Bishalgarh when he went there to attend a meeting in the morning. A group of armed goons of the BJP attacked me and my party colleagues with the intention to kill me. Police was present at the spot but remained mute spectators.
Updated Jan 17, 2021 | 16:16 IST
In protest of the attack on Tripura Congress chief Pijush Kanti Biswas, the party has called for a 12-hour state-wide bandh on Monday. Tripura Congress chief s car attacked in Bisalghar area of Sipahijala district | Photo Credit: ANI
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Tripura Congress chief Pijush Kanti Biswas injured after his car attacked allegedly by BJP workers in Bisalghar area
In protest of the attack on Tripura Congress chief, the party has called for a 12-hour state-wide bandh on Monday
Agartala: Congress president Pijush Kanti Biswas suffered minor injuries after his vehicle was attacked allegedly by BJP workers in Bisalghar area of Sipahijala district on Sunday morning.