‘Raises critical questions on safety’: Abhishek Banerjee after ‘armed people’ apprehended at Kolkata airport | India Information
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) nationwide normal secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday raised considerations over legislation and order in West Bengal after an allegedly armed particular person was detained at Kolkata Airport on Friday evening.Additionally Learn | ‘Armed with weapons’: TMC claims ‘doable homicide’ try by BJP on Abhishek Banerjee at Kolkata airportIn a publish on X, he stated, “Final evening at Kolkata Airport, shortly after I landed from Delhi, a surprising incident occurred. Armed people have been apprehended, resulting in critical questions on safety and the lengths to which some are prepared to go,” and shared a video of an individual holding what gave the impression to be a pistol.The Trinamool second-in-command had travelled to Delhi earlier within the day to fulfill Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and to lift objections over the merger of insurgent TMC MPs with the Tripura-based Nationwide Residents’ Social gathering of India (NCPI).Individually, TMC MP Derek O’Brien additionally alleged {that a} “BJP supporter” was seen on the airport exit with a firearm when he and Abhishek Banerjee have been leaving the premises. He shared movies on X exhibiting an individual being escorted away and claimed it was an “try to homicide” the Diamond Harbour MP.“BJP SUPPORTER WITH A GUN. Chilling video. Extra proof from outdoors Kolkata airport final evening. Try to homicide?” O’Brien posted.In one other publish, the Rajya Sabha member shared a video from the TMC’s official deal with exhibiting an individual being surrounded and restrained, stating that the person was caught by girls supporters of the celebration. He additionally questioned the position of West Bengal Police within the incident.“Minutes earlier than @abhishekaitc together with @KBanerjee_AITC and I walked out of Kolkata airport at round 9.45 pm. Armed man at exit. Nabbed by girls supporters of TMC. Bengal Police? Movies say all of it,” he wrote.The TMC alleged that the incident was a “state-sponsored try to eradicate a political opponent” and raised considerations about legislation and order within the state underneath the management of Suvendu Adhikari, West Bengal’s new chief minister.The recent incident comes amid rising political tensions in West Bengal. After TMC’s defeat within the April meeting elections, which ended celebration supremo Mamata Banerjee’s 15-year tenure as chief minister, a number of Trinamool leaders, together with her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, have been attacked with eggs in separate incidents.
