'You Reap What You Sow': BJP Denies TMC's Allegations of Attack on MLA Udayan Guha's Car

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday accused supporters of BJP leader and Union Minister Nisith Pramanik of attacking the convoy of party MLA Udayan Guha and ‘mercilessly thrashing’ his attendant in the Cooch Behar area of West Bengal.

The TMC said that the alleged attack on Guha’s car happened while he was traveling from Dinhata to Cooch Behar after meeting with the District President.

“Our Minister and MLA Shri @UdayanTMC was on his way from Dinhata to Cooch Behar after a meeting with the District President when his car was attacked and his attendant was mercilessly thrashed by a group of @NisithPramanik-backed BJP hoodlums. As the elections draw near, @BJP4India’s penchant for violence becomes all the more evident. We urge the @ECISVEEP to take necessary measures against such repeated acts of HOOLIGANISM by BJP’s hired goons!,” the Trinamool Congress said in a post on X.

In response to the TMC’s allegations, the BJP suggested that the attack on Guha’s convoy, as claimed, is likely the result of internal rivalry within TMC factions vying for gains during elections.

“Udyan Guha is a criminal, who Mamata Banerjee has elevated to a Cabinet Minister. The attack on his car, as alleged, in all probability is handiwork of internecine rivalry between TMC factions, who want a share of the loot, during elections. BJP has nothing to do with it. You reap as you sow!,” the Bharatiya Janata Party said in an X post.

This is not the first clash between Pramanik and Guha’s supporters, as a similar incident happened last week in Cooch Behar district in the state.

Following a public meeting addressed by Union MoS for Home Paramanik and a rally led by state minister Guha, clashes broke out in the Dinhata Bazar area around 8:30 pm.

Police had to resort to lathi-charge to control the situation, resulting in injuries to several individuals, including a sub-divisional police officer, who intervened to halt the altercation between the two sides. Additionally, several shops suffered damage during the violence.

Pramanik had claimed that as his convoy was leaving the area, stones were thrown from the venue of the TMC’s rally. He also alleged that Guha led the attack on BJP activists and instructed the police to arrest them. However, Guha rejected these allegations as “baseless” and asserted that BJP supporters threw stones at the TMC’s rally venue.

Subsequently, the Raj Bhavan issued a statement, mentioning that Governor CV Ananda Bose has requested a report from the state police chief regarding the “veracity of the report” on the “altercation and confrontation” between Pramanik and Guha.