Kolkata: The opposition Left Front yesterday alleged that eight of its workers, including two women, were injured when ruling Trinamool Congress-backed miscreants hurled stones at a procession in the city’s northern outskirts.
Left Front chairman Biman Bose was one of the participants at the procession brought out by the Kolkata district Left Front against alleged serial attacks on offices of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) by Trinamool-sponsored miscreants in Sinthi-Cossipore area.“Without any provocation and by forsaking all democratic norms, local Trinamool leaders tried to scuttle the procession. In the presence of police, Trinamool workers hurled the choicest of abuses and then hurled stones and flung shoes,” Bose said in a statement.
“Eight Left Front workers were injured, two of them women. Three of the seriously injured are under treatment. The Left Frnt strongly condemns the despicable, anti-democratic attack, which is against the principals of individual freedom and civil rights,” he said.
Attacking the Mamata Banerjee government, veteran CPI-M leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of having a tacit understanding with the BJP for the upcoming general elections. The former chief minister also charged his successor Banerjee with using money and muscle power to stifle people’s voices.IANS
