Days after he came under attack during his visit to Diamond Harbour in Bengal, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has been provided with a bulletproof vehicle by the Centre.

He arrived in the city on Monday afternoon to take part in a programme at Mathurapur in South 24 Parganas.

"As per the order of the Union home ministry, I have been provided with a bulletproof vehicle," the BJP's Bengal minder told reporters at the airport.

Stones were thrown at several cars in the convoy of BJP national president J.P. Nadda en route to Diamond Harbour on December 10.

The BJP described it as an example of the “lawlessness”, and Union home minister Amit Shah tweeted that the Centre was “seriously looking into the matter”.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP and Nadda of indulging in “nautanki (drama)”.

Several vehicles in Nadda's cavalcade were damaged in the attack. Sources in the BJP said its leaders including Vijayvargiya and vice-president Mukul Roy sustained injuries in the melee.

The ruling Trinamul Congress and the BJP have been engaged in a tussle over the attack on saffron party president JP Nadda’s convoy during his Bengal visit on Thursday, while he was travelling to Diamond Harbour.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has called on three IPS officers of the state cadre to join the central deputation.

The three officers -- Bholanath Pandey (SP, Diamond Harbour), Praveen Tripathi (DIG, Presidency Range) and Rajeev Mishra (ADG, South Bengal) -- were responsible for the security of the BJP chief during his December 9-10 visit to the state.