Two BJP workers, one from Howrah and another from North 24-Parganas, died of injuries on Wednesday, prompting the party to blame Trinamul for the murders and the ruling party to deny the charges.
BJP worker Kinkar Majhi, shot at on Sunday in Howrah’s Bagnan, died at NRS Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta.
Blaming Trinamul for the murder, the BJP called a 12-hour bandh in Bagnan from Thursday 6am in protest.
Trinamul’s Bagnan MLA Arunava Sen dismissed BJP’s allegation and said the police had been asked to bring the culprits to book. “The incident has no political link and is a fallout of an old rivalry,” Sen said.
Another BJP worker, Milan Halder of Chanditala area of Jagaddal in North 24-Parganas, allegedly thrashed by suspected Trinamul workers on Saturday night, died at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta on Wednesday morning.
Speaking to the media on Halder’s alleged murder, BJP MP Arjun Singh said: “Trinamul, afraid of losing in the Assembly elections, has unleashed terror across Bengal. The ruling party’s sole objective is to eliminate our party activists with the tacit support of police”.
Trinamul’s observer for Jagaddal Assembly segment Somnath Shyam called it “a fallout of BJP’s internal bickering”.
No one has been arrested in both the murders as of now.