Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday insinuated that the attack on BJP president JP Nadda’s convoy earlier in the day near Diamond Harbour was staged and denied all allegations against her party.

“Every day they (BJP activists) are coming out (for rallies) with firearms. They are slapping themselves and blaming it on the Trinamool Congress. Just think of the situation. They are roaming around with the BSF, CRPF, Army, CISF....then why are you so scared,” she said during an address in Calcutta.

On Thursday morning, Nadda’s convoy on Thursday, when it was on its way to Diamond Harbour area in the South 24 Parganas district of Bengal, from the state capital.

Sources in the saffron party also alleged that BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya’s car was also totally ransacked in the attack.

Several union leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the ruling Trinamul Congress over the incident.

“Bengal has descended into an era of tyranny, anarchy and darkness under the Trinamool rule. The manner in which political violence has been institutionalized and brought to the extreme in West Bengal under TMC rule is sad and worrying,” Shah tweeted.

He has also ordered a probe into the incident, NDTV reported.

Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar accused the state administration of failing to act in spite of his alerting the chief secretary and the director general of police.

“Concerned at alarming reports of anarchy and lawlessness @MamataOfficial indicating ruling party harmads on rampage at BJP President Convoy and political police @WBPolice in support,” he tweeted.

“Am sure they have immunity and protection of political police with administration extension of political outfit,” Dhankhar wrote, adding, “Events indicate total abdication of lawful authority.”

The incident resulted in injuries to several BJP leaders, including party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and vice president Mukul Roy. However, Nadda, who was in a bullet-proof vehicle, was unharmed.

Police ultimately chased away the protesters and Nadda managed to reach the meeting venue.

“What I witnessed today is shocking and unprecedented. West Bengal has become a state characterised by utter lawlessness and intolerance. The administration has completely failed and goonda raj prevails,” Nadda said in the meeting.

“This goonda raj cannot be allowed to continue. This is jungle raj, the administration has collapsed.” he added.

Dilip Ghosh, whose vehicle was also attacked, claimed that “Bengal has turned into Syria” under the TMC.

West Bengal Police however insisted that “nothing happened to the convoy”.

“Shri JP Nadda, National President, BJP reached safely at the venue, Diamond Harbour, South 24 Pgs. Nothing happened to his convoy. Few bystanders at Debipur, Falta PS, Diamond Harbour sporadically and suddenly threw stones towards vehicles trailing long behind his convoy,” it tweeted.

“Everyone is safe and the situation is peaceful. Matter is being investigated to find out actual happenings,” the police wrote in another tweet.

Incidentally, the Diamond Harbour area is represented by Mamata’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee in the Lok Sabha.