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TMC Goons Attack BJP Workers In Cooch Behar, Critically Injure Three; Also Device Ways To Identify BJP Voters
Swarajya Staff
Apr 11, 2019, 07:57 PM | Updated 07:57 PM IST
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TMC workers reportedly attacked BJP workers in Cooch Behar to leave three of them critically injured, Firstpost has reported.
As per a video of a BJP worker, while returning back from the polling booth he and his friend was attacked by TMC leaders and their supporters including a village sarpanch and other individuals named Adhir Miyan, Aidul Haq.
The worker also alleged that he was attacked for being a BJP supporter and added that the TMC workers had also barged into his home threatening him to not cast his vote.
In other such instances, TMC activists allegedly vandalised a vehicle owned by Ghatal Lok Sabha Convener Tapan Maity.
The BJP has also alleged that TMC workers are marking BJP’s voting button on the EVM machine with nail-polish to identify its voters.
There have been reports of TMC workers ransacking an EVM machine in Cooch Behar’s Barosholmari area. The BJP candidate Nisith Pramanik also alleged that the police looked helpless in front armed TMC men.
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