The vehicle of the BJP’s rath yatra was destroyed on Tuesday in Purulia, West Bengal. The incident happened immediately after Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s rally in Purulia district’s Manbazar area.
Following the vandalism incident, the security has been tightened and there is a significant police presence in the area.
The BJP has accused the Trinamool Congress of being involved in the attack on its campaign tableau. According to available records, the incident occurred as the ‘Poriborton’ rath yatra was returning to Purulia after making rounds of the district’s nine assembly constituencies.
According to Amit Malviya of the BJP, the bus driver was injured in the crash.
BJP’s rath for the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Samman Yatra, parked in Purulia, vandalised. Driver suffered injuries. BJP national president J P Nadda would be flagging off the yatra anytime now from Kotulpur. TMC won’t be able to do much to stop it!
What is Pishi so scared of? pic.twitter.com/8bD8gAzPUC
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) March 16, 2021
“The BJP’s rath for the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Samman Yatra was vandalized in Purulia. The driver was wounded. JP Nadda, the BJP’s national president, is expected to start the yatra soon from Kotulpur. TMC will be unable to stop it! “He said.
“What is Pishi so scared of?,” the Bhartiya Janata Party West Bengal in-charge added. Bhartiya Janata Party workers and supporters, led by the party’s Manbazar candidate Gouri Singh Sardar, have begun blocking roads in the city, demanding that those responsible for the incident be arrested immediately.