TMC, BJP supporters clash in Bengal's Dinhata in Union Minister Nisith Pramanik's presence, several injured
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: Several people including policemen were injured after supporters of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed in West Bengal's Dinhata on Tuesday night, triggering a fresh showdown between the ruling dispensation and opposition camp, media reports said.
Union Minister of state for Home Nisith Pramanik and Dinhata TMC MLA Udayan Guha were present during the clashes.
The clashes erupted after a poll campaign rally, which was addressed by Pramanik, was over, and a rally led by Guha came face-to-face at Dinhata.
#WATCH | Cooch Behar, West Bengal: A clash erupted between Trinamool Congress and BJP workers in Dinhata yesterday. The police had to resort to lathi charge to control the situation. A sub-divisional police officer was injured in the incident. Trinamool Congress has called for a… pic.twitter.com/zolO9wVA7N
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2024
Guha had gone to attend a party leader on his birthday and had stepped out on the road with his followers.
The state police had to use batons to disperse the warring rival supporters.
Pramanik, who is BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Cooch Behar, alleged his supporters were attacked by Guha's loyalists even without any provocation.
Several shops were vandalised during the clash and a sub-divisional police officer sustained an injury.
The incident has prompted TMC to call a 24-hour Cooch Behar district bandh though the ruling party has completely worked against any bandh since it came to power in 2011.
Ad content unavailable
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
Related Articles
Horror on Telangana highway! At least 19 dead as truck rams into bus
Hyderabad/IBNS: At least 19 people died and several others were injured when a truck rammed into an RTC bus at Mirjaguda near Chevella in the Rangareddy district of Telangana on Monday, media reports said.
Pilgrimage turns tragic in Rajasthan: 15 die in Jodhpur after a traveller hits parked truck while returning from Kolayat Temple
At least 15 people died, and two others were injured when a tempo traveller hit a parked truck on the Bharat Mala Expressway in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur on Sunday.
Trishul: India to conduct tri-services exercise in November, months after Operation Sindoor
Tri-Services Exercise (TSE-2025), being conducted by the Indian Navy as the lead service jointly with the Indian Army and Indian Air Force, will commence in early Nov 2025, just months after India conducted Operation Sindoor and targeted terror hotbeds located in Pakistan and PoK following terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22.
PM Modi’s big tech push! New RDI Scheme Fund to be inaugurated tomorrow
Indian PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Emerging Science & Technology Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on Monday, when he is expected to launch the Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Scheme Fund.
Ad content unavailable
Latest News
Horror on Telangana highway! At least 19 dead as truck rams into bus
UK train horror: 32-year-old man named as sole suspect in brutal stabbing attack
6.3 earthquake triggers panic in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif, four dead
1983 inspired: Ganguly, Sachin, Kohli celebrate Indian women’s team's stunning World Cup Triumph
