Trinamool vs BJP At Bengal Temple Over Alleged Disrespect To Holy Shrine
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Trinamool alleges security personnel, attached to BJP leader and Union Minister Shantanu Thakur, entered the premises with their shoes on and manhandled women.
The Trinamool Congress and BJP in West Bengal are attacking each other over the alleged disrespect to the Thakurbari Temple, a shrine of the electorally significant Matua community, which both the TMC and the BJP have been trying to reach out to. I strongly condemn @Shantanu_bjp's outrageous act of storming into Thakurbari Temple with CISF, disrespecting the premise by wearing shoes & physically assaulting women devotees.They have desecrated the sanctity of Thakurbari in the name of politics.Shameful display of power! pic.twitter.com/5uDFA3GGzz LoP @SuvenduWB's attempt to shift blame onto the Trinamool Congress is OUTRAGEOUS!Women who had gathered at the Thakurbari temple to offer their prayers have come forward, testifying that it was the Central Force, on @BJP4India MP @Shantanu_bjp's command, that wreaked havoc.… https://t.co/b3GG6nuXwV OUTRAGEOUS!Even women are NOT SPARED when it comes to @BJP4Bengal's politics of hate and violence.Our worker Ila Bagchi was BRUTALLY ATTACKED by BJP goons in Thakurnagar Thakurbari.Shantanu Thakur, is this what PM @narendramodi instructed you to do?#ShameOnBJPpic.twitter.com/wcag6ya29n Surprised to see the goons themselves condemning the attack...As the Sanghadhipati of @aimms_org, I express my disappointment towards the @MamataOfficial government in #WestBengal. The religious freedom has been put on edge & the Matua Community is being cowardly targeted.1/5
Trinamool alleges security personnel, attached to BJP leader and Union Minister Shantanu Thakur, entered the premises with their shoes on and manhandled women. Alleging that they (BJP) have desecrated the sanctity of Thakurbari in the name of politics, Senior TMC leader and the party's National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee said, condemned it as a "shameful display of power".
"I strongly condemn @Shantanu_bjp's outrageous act of storming into Thakurbari Temple with CISF, disrespecting the premise by wearing shoes & physically assaulting women devotees. They have desecrated the sanctity of Thakurbari in the name of politics. Shameful display of power!" he tweeted.
