My Lord...Leaders being egged, Mamata's TMC moves High Court against attack

News Topical, Digital Desk : After defeat in Bengal, TMC leaders including Abhishek Banerjee were attacked by being egged and have now approached Calcutta High Court and seek urgent hearing

Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee has already faced a humiliating defeat in West Bengal Assembly elections and after that now her troubles are increasing. Her own team has been divided and from MLAs to MPs all have formed groups which are not against the party but are rebels. In between this, all the Mamata Banerjee's team MLAs and MPs are facing protest and public wrath.

Eggs are being thrown at all the big leaders be it Kunal Ghosh or Abhishek Banerjee.

But after this TMC reached the court, crying 'My Lord, our leaders are attacked with eggs.'

According to Live Law, the Trinamool Congress approached the Calcutta High Court on Monday to bring attention to a recent spree of attacks on party leaders. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty was told that the writ petition highlights incidents in which party leaders including MPsDerek O'Brien, Kalyan Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee and MLAs Kunal Ghosh and Madan Mitra were accosted and eggs were thrown at them. Senior counsel Sirsanya Bandopadhyay moved the matter on behalf of the party, stated it was filed on Friday, but wasn’t heard yet. The matter was ordered to be heard.

Egg was thrown atKunale Ghosh in front of media too

Meanwhile, many TMC leaders have faced public outcry since the party's crushing defeat in the state polls. Multiple instances of egg-throwing have been reported, including former state minister Kunal Ghosh who was egged by protesters while addressing reporters outside Mamata Banerjee's residence on June 15. The party accused the BJP of conspiracy in the incident. Similarly, TMC leader Soumitra Banerjee who was being taken to court after being arrested, faced chants of 'thief thief' and was pelted with eggs.

Abhishek Banerjee also facedegg barrage

Another incident involved former minister Udayan Guha who was egged on June 18. Furthermore, Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee who is also the party MP, bore the brunt of a hostile crowd as protesters threw eggs and stones at him during a protest in Sonarpur area of South 24 Parganas district. TMC squarely blamed BJP for such protests, a charge the BJP strongly denied. According to the saffron party, the protest was a public reaction to the actions carried out by TMC during its rule.