Tripura: TMC alleges attack on two of its MPs, blames BJP workers

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday alleged that two of its MPs – Dola Sen and Aparupa Poddar – were attacked twice by Bharatiya Janata Party supporters in the South Tripura district, The Indian Express reported.

The TMC claimed that BJP workers first attacked them at Thaibung village near the Sabroom town when they went there to hoist the national flag at their party office as part of Independence Day celebrations. TMC leader Abir Ranjan Biswas said Sen and Poddar sustained injuries, as did some other party workers.

Sen told ANI that she subsequently called the director general of Police, who assured her “that everything will be fine.”

“Despite this, we were attacked at Belonia [a town in South Tripura] in front of the police station by BJP supporters with party flags,” she alleged.

The TMC said that through the incident, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has “confirmed his knack for hooliganism”.

Democracy & Freedom in @BJP4India ruled #Tripura!!!

By stopping AITC leaders from celebrating #IndependenceDay and by brutally attacking our MPs and injuring those accompanying them, @BjpBiplab has simply confirmed his knack for HOOLIGANISM.#TripuraDeservesBetter pic.twitter.com/ouNfsgIlNR

— AITC Tripura (@AITC4Tripura) August 15, 2021

TMC leaders in Tripura held protests against the alleged attacks.

“The horrid attack on [TMC] leaders and the deafening silence of our Home Minister has shocked the entire nation,” the party said in…

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