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Mamata Banerjee faces protests, car attacked with stones and mud

Mamata Banerjee faces protests, car attacked with stones and mud
'Big Stones Hurled At My Car': Mamata Banerjee Faces Protest, Mud Smeared On Vehicle During Visit To Deceased TMC Worker’s Family | VIDEO · freepressjournal.in

Mamata Banerjee used to be the chief minister of a state in India called West Bengal.

She went to visit the family of a party worker named Birju Keot who had died.

Along the way, a group of people surrounded her car and shouted that she is a thief.

They also smeared mud on her car, and she says they hurled big stones, shoes and water bottles at it.

Banerjee said the stones were so dangerous that she could have been badly hurt if the window had been open.

She said the police knew she was coming but did not protect her, and she called the whole incident a conspiracy.

The people who protested said Banerjee only came to disturb their peaceful area.

The worker had died after falling ill while he was in police custody in a place called Halisahar.

Police had to step in and help her convoy leave safely.

Everyone has a different version of what really happened.

Key facts

Political figure
Mamata Banerjee, former West Bengal chief minister
Deceased TMC worker
Birju Keot, who died allegedly after falling ill in Halisahar police custody
Incident location
Bijpur, Barrackpore, North 24 Parganas district
Date
Sunday, August 9
Protest actions
'Chor' (thief) and 'queen of dacoits' slogans; mud smeared on vehicle; stones, shoes and water bottles hurled
Banerjee's allegations
Conspiracy; police informed but no security measures taken; West Bengal 'being controlled by goons'; authorities shielding BJP supporters
Protesters' allegations
Banerjee came to 'disturb' the peaceful area
Political context
Protests come amid heightened political tensions following the TMC's loss of power in West Bengal

Quotes

Mamata Banerjee

Former West Bengal Chief Minister

“"My car has been attacked with stones, shoes and mud. This is nothing but conspiracy. I had informed the police that I will be coming; despite that, the police did not take any security measures. The entire West Bengal is being controlled by goons."”
deccanchronicle.com
““Large stones were hurled at my car by anti-social elements, right in front of the police. The attack on the vehicle was so severe that if the windows had been open, my head would have been split open,” she said.”
freepressjournal.in

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