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News Desk: The bus part of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘rath yatra’ was vandalised on Tuesday in West Bengal’s Purulia. The incident reportedly took place soon after Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s rally in Manbazar town of Purlia district.
There is large police deployment in the area after the vandalisation incident.
The BJP has alleged TMC’s role in the attack on its campaign tableau while the latter has denied the allegations.
According to available information, the incident took place when the ‘Poriborton’ rath yatra was returning to Purulia after completing rounds of all nine assembly constituencies of the district.
BJP’s Amit Malviya said that the bus driver suffered injuries in the incident.
“BJP’s rath for the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Samman Yatra, parked in Purulia, vandalised. Driver suffered injuries. BJP national president JP Nadda would be flagging off the yatra anytime now from Kotulpur. TMC won’t be able to do much to stop it!,” he said.
“What is Pishi so scared of?,” the BJP West Bengal in-charge added.
BJP workers and supporters led by party’s Manbazar candidate Gouri Singh Sardar have started blocking roads in the area demanding immediate arrest of those behind the incident.
