TMC-BJP violence: Saffron party holds silent protests in Delhi, complains to EC after workers clash at Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata
After clashes broke out in BJP chief Amit Shah’s roadshow in West Bengal on Tuesday, top BJP leaders and Union ministers held a silent protest against in Delhi
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BJP national president Amit Shah conducted an election roadshow in Kolkata for the last phase of Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday. PTI
The roadshow turned violent with posters, hoardings and banners of Shah and Narendra Modi being vandalised. PTI
Vehicles were torched during the roadshow as situation soon spiralled into mass vandalism with both TMC and BJP accusing each other of sponsoring violence in the state. PTI
The statue of Bengali writer and philosopher Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at Vidyasagar College was also vandalised as clashes broke out between workers of the two parties. PTI
A BJP delegation including senior leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Nirmala Sitharaman met the Election Commissioner in Delhi to complain about the continued poll violence in West Bengal. PTI
On Wednesday, Amit Shah also addressed a press conference to talk about the violence which ensued in his roadshow in Bengal on Tuesday. PTI
Later in the day, top BJP leaders and Union ministers held a silent protest against the TMC-sponsored poll violence in West Bengal. PTI