The Trinamul Congress alleged that its two MPs, Dola Sen and Aparupa Poddar, had come under attack twice by suspected BJP members in Tripura on Sunday.

Tripura Trinamul leader Ashish Lal Singh told The Telegraph that the MPs from Bengal had gone to Nandigram in the Sabroom subdivision, about 120 km from Agartala, to hoist the national flag at the party office.

Tripura is ruled by the BJP-IPFT coalition government.

Sharing details of the alleged attack, Singh said: “From Nandigram, the MPs went to open a new party office, about 7km away. Our women MPs were attacked by BJP goons. This shows there is no security for even women in Tripura. The cars they were travelling in were damaged by the hoodlums who were armed with rods and sticks. An old party hand, Becharam Das, suffered serious injuries to the head.”

Both the MPs returned to Calcutta in the evening after receiving treatment at GB Pant Hospital in Agartala.

Over the past couple of weeks, Trinamul had alleged that leaders — including national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee — had been repeatedly attacked in Tripura as the ruling BJP was worried about Trinamul’s growing popularity in the state.

Official sources said suspected BJP members had pelted the cars of the MPs with stones.

“The driver of one of the cars was injured. The MPs were not hurt. An investigation is on and action will be taken against the attackers,” said a source.

Trinamul sources said Poddar and Sen had faced attacks twice, first in the Sabroom subdivision and then in the Belonia subdivision. Both the subdivisions are in South district.

Reacting to Sunday’s incident, BJP spokesperson Nabendu Bhattacharya said: “We condemn any sort of attacks. But at the same time, we want a thorough police inquiry because we are getting conflicting reports from the ground. We want the inquiry to find where and why Trinamul MPs went to Sabroom in South District. If they went, did they inform the local police?”

Before leaving for Calcutta, Sen spoke to media persons at the GB Pant Hospital.

“There is no freedom in Tripura where a goonda raj exists. We have taken a pledge on Independence Day to restore Tripura’s freedom with the support of people. Everyone should join hands to restore democracy in Tripura. Ten persons were injured in the attack,” the MP said.

Sen alleged that the police and BJP activists were working together. “We have informed the Tripura DGP (V.S. Yadav) about the attack over phone and through WhatsApp.”

Our leaders and supporters are not safe in Tripura.”