‘Should they be showered with flowers?’: West Bengal Minister defends egg protest against Mahua Moitra
Eggs rained on the glass windows of the roadside party office at Kaliganj in Nadia where Mahua Moitra was seated.
Eggs rained on the glass windows of the roadside party office at Kaliganj in Nadia where Mahua Moitra was seated.
"How can they be in such a state that their MLAs are frightened to get out of their houses fearing getting attacked with eggs?" Samik Bhattacharya questioned.
"I don't want any other woman going through such an ordeal," RG Kar victim’s mother Ratna Debnath said in an exclusive conversation with The Statesman.
"Preliminary information suggests that the incident may have occurred in the vicinity of an unauthorised naphtha theft point located in the plant vicinity," the company said in an official statement.
Displaying egg stains and vegetable pieces that Mahua Moitra said had struck her during the protest, she accused the police of remaining passive as protesters targeted the premises.
The incident has triggered off panic in the district town with the Fire services and Burdwan Police Station officials rushing to the spot.
A delegation of the newly formed TMC group headed by Bengal Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee will meet the full bench of the poll body.
BJP leader Abhijit Das lodged a fresh complaint alleging large-scale irregularities and violations in the conduct of these medical camps.
"This surveillance system will help eliminate such practices that deprive defenceless and vulnerable animals of proper care,” Manoj Kumar Oraon said.
Biswajit Bera, geoscientist at Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University said that the district possesses enormous strategic mineral potential.
