Majumdar, also a Lok Sabha MP from the state’s Balurghat constituency, was addressing reporters standing on the car’s bonnet, when he slipped and fell on it, a party official said.
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The incident happened at Taki on the banks of River Ichamati along the India-Bangladesh border. Majumdar’s car had a police sticker pasted on its windscreen, a party official said
Protests in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali reached the seventh consecutive day on Wednesday after a large number of women took to the streets, demanding the arrest of Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shajahan and his alleged “gang.”
The accusations against Shajahan and his aides include forcefully capturing land and sexually harassing women.
The TMC leader, wanted since a mob attacked Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers during a raid at his residence in an alleged ration scam, remains absconding since last month.
LATEST UPDATES
- On Thursday, amidst the ongoing tensions at Sandeshkhali, state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar has been admitted to a multi-facility hospital in Basirhat after he was injured during a police lathi charge as a scuffle had broken out between the police and party workers.
- Earlier today, Majumdar alleged that the state police have cordoned off the lodge where he has put up in Taki area to prevent him from heading towards unrest-hit Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district. Majumdar said he was scheduled to visit Sandeshkhali this afternoon to meet the agitators. The BJP leader, claimed he has been put under “house arrest”, a claim denied by the police.
- As per sources in the administration, a new order to impose Section 144 has been released. After the DIG Intelligence got inputs that certain outside elements might create disturbance in the area, the decision on Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) was taken. Officials said that the prohibitory orders will be imposed from 6 am and 6 pm to maintain law and order.
- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will stage a protest against the torture on State President, Dr. Sukanta Majumdar at Hind Cinema, Ganesh Chandra Avenue at around 4:45 pm.
- The BJP on Wednesday charged that ‘jungle raj’ prevailed in West Bengal and demanded resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Addressing a press conference in Delhi, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed that there is “complete anarchy and lawlessness” in West Bengal under the TMC rule with Chief Minister Banerjee allegedly providing protection to her party goons who allegedly raped and exploited tribal women in Sandeshkhali.
(with agency inputs)
