New Delhi: A day after Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party member Babul Supriyo was attacked with brick stones while he was on his way to a police station, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday criticised the West Bengal Police for remaining mute spectators to the incident and wondered whether this was a direct result of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee`s style of administration in the state.
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Sambit Patra also expressed concern on the safety of common people in West Bengal even as Supriyo, despite being a central minister, was attacked in a broad daylight."Is this Mamata raj or pure barbarism.
A central minister, Babul Supriyo, is being hurt by a stone throwing at his chest by the workers of Trinamool Congress and in fact the police out there, which was supposed to give protection to the Union Minister, remained mute spectators," Patra told ANI"If Mamata Banerjee and her TMC government cannot give protection to a central minister, just imagine what would have been the plight of a common man in West Bnegal.
Naturally no one is safe today," he added.Supriyo on Wednesday was attacked with brick stones allegedly by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in Asanol when he was on his way to a police station to protest against arrest of some Bharatiya Janata Party workers.
On his official Twitter account, Supriyo accused TMC Minister Malay Ghatak of scheming the attack."TMC MIN Malay Ghatak`s goons inflicted this injury on my `chest`` with a solid brick thrown `FROM A DISTANCE"-Cowards (sic)," he said.
A video footage of the incident that has surfaced shows a violent mob attacking Supriyo`s convoy. During the scuffle, one of the Bharatiya Janata Party workers was also thrashed and his clothes ripped off.The mob pelted stones and thrashed party workers in presence of police officials.
