At least three Trinamool Congress workers were injured on Friday in a blast outside a party office in Joypur area of Bankura district, ANI...
At least three Trinamool Congress workers were injured on Friday in a blast outside a party office in Joypur area of Bankura district, ANI reported. The violence came a day before the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections in which voters from 30 constituencies will choose their representatives.
The TMC blamed the Congress-Left alliance for the blast, according to India Today. The Bharatiya Janata Party, on the other hand, accused the Trinamool Congress, claiming the blast took place inside the party’s office while its workers were “making bombs”.
Clashes also erupted between TMC workers and the Indian Secular Front, which is part of the Congress-Left Front alliance, as both sides accused each other for the blast. Four ISF workers were injured, according to India Today. They were admitted to a hospital in Bishnupur.
A heavy contingent of police force was deployed in the area as the situation remained tense on Friday evening. The police was investigating the matter.
On Saturday, hours ahead of voting, two security officers were injured in a firing incident in Satsatmal area of Bhagwanpur Assembly constituency in East Midnapore district. Bharatiya Janata Party district chief Anup Chakraborty alleged a political conspiracy. “Those associated with TMC trying to terrorise people in Argoal panchayat area,” he told ANI....
