NEW DELHI: The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday claimed Hindu devotees with saffron flags returning from a Ram Navami procession were “savagely attacked” in Kolkata’s busy Park Circus area, with the police, however, saying there was no such procession in the area.
“As the Ram Navami procession returned, Hindu devotees were savagely attacked in Kolkata’s Park Circus Seven Point area. Stones rained down on vehicles just for carrying saffron flags. Windshields shattered. Chaos unleashed. This wasn’t random—it was targeted violence. And where was the police? Right there. Watching. Silent. Spineless. The very force handpicked by @MamataOfficial —completely paralyzed by her politics of appeasement. Not one step taken to protect innocent Hindus,” Union minister and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar wrote on X.