Bengal: BJP's Rahul Sinha urges people to "wipe out TMC like CPI (M)"

Speaking to ANI, Sinha said that the leftists have been wiped out from West Bengal.

"The leftists have been wiped out from the entire Bengal. Those who are left have taken refuge in Jadavpur University. TMC always spreads violence. Action should be taken against the students involved in this incident," he said.

"Today, all the TMC leaders are protesting, but when the left-wing students attacked the Governor, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and TMC supported it. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is anti-West Bengal. We urge the people to wipe out TMC just as they have wiped out the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from West Bengal," the BJP leader added.

This remark came after the TMC accused the SFI of attacking Basu at Jadavpur University, where he had come to attend an annual meeting of the West Bengal College and University Professors Association (WBCUPA).

TMC leader Saayoni Ghosh condemned the attack and told ANI, "Today the West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu was attacked at the Jadavpur University earlier today. We are here to condemn this."

The visuals of the minister's car show a damaged windscreen. Reacting to this, TMC has alleged that SFI members were responsible for the attack and "vandalising" the vehicle.

Basu, also the WBCUPA president, was taken to SSKM hospital as protestors gheraoed the education minister, preventing him from leaving.

"Those who committed this incivility with Professor Pradeep Mukherjee in Jadavpur and those organisations need to be identified. Appropriate action must be taken against the few incivilities who played tricks with him. Trinamool's courtesy does not mean weakness. Why should they touch him?" Ghosh posted on X.

"Remember the atrocities they committed in Jadavpur. Identify them. The education minister and the Trinamool-supporting professors have shown restraint. But those who committed the attacks and chaos need a proper democratic response. Identify them," he added. (ANI)