From The Times of India
Center Owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co.'Under Kolkata Police watch': Abhishek Banerjee alleges midnight BJP attack on home
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On Saturday, Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee said his Kolkata residence in Kalighat was attacked around 2 am, describing it as the seventh attempt on his life in six months. He blamed Bharatiya Janata Party workers, calling them ‘BJP goons’ or ‘hooligans’, and said a shouting match broke out after chants labeling someone a ‘thief’. Banerjee alleged that unidentified individuals claiming to be police were conducting surveillance and criticised the Kolkata Police and higher judicial institutions. He posted the allegations on X.
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The TMC leader, in a post on X, levelled serious allegations against opposition workers, the Kolkata Police and higher judicial institutions
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers attacked his residence in Kolkata's Kalighat area at around 2 am, claiming that it was the seventh attempt on his life in the past six months. In his…
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