TMC offices attacked across Bengal, party claims leaders assaulted by BJP workers
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Several offices of the Trinamool Congress were attacked and vandalised in West Bengal on Monday, even as workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party celebrated their victory in the Assembly elections, PTI reported.
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The BJP claimed that the vandalism was a result of internal rifts within the TMC, and that some of those carrying out violence were using BJP flags.
“Members of the TMC are attacking each other, and some of them are using BJP flags,” West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya claimed while speaking to PTI.
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However, Bhattacharya told ANI that if any BJP workers engages in vandalism, the party would be compelled to expel them from the organisation.
An unidentified Election Commission official told PTI that action would be taken against those involved, adding that the poll body had sought reports from the police about the incidents.
The police said that TMC offices in Tollygunge and Kasba in Kolkata, and in suburbs such as Baruipur, Kamarhati and Baranagar, had been vandalised by...