Vande Bharat pelted with stones in Bengal’s Malda; BJP,TMC interact in slugfest
By PTI
MALDA: Just just a few days after its inaugural run, the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express was pelted with stones in West Bengal’s Malda district.
The incident prompted the BJP to demand an NIA investigation into the incident, whereas the Trinamool Congress hinted at a ‘conspiracy to defame the state’.
No accidents, nevertheless, have been reported within the incident that befell close to Kumarganj railway station, round 50 km from Malda city, on Monday night, a Railway official stated.
The glass door of coach quantity C13 of 22303 Vande Bharat Express was broken within the incident, he stated.
Kumarganj falls underneath the jurisdiction of the Katihar division of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).
The prepare was not stopped mid-way after the incident befell at 5.10 pm on Monday and it halted at its designated stoppage at Malda Town railway station, the official stated.
Malda Town railway station Government Railway Police (GRP) IC Prashant Rai stated that Railway Protection Force (RPF) is investigating the matter.
The prepare was flagged-off nearly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Howrah station on December 30.
West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar alleged that these concerned in anti-CAA protests in 2019 have been concerned within the ransacking of the prepare.
“It is shameful that Vande Bharat categorical is being attacked or ransacked in no different state.
The state authorities will do nothing in opposition to the perpetrators to safe its vote financial institution, he stated.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari questioned whether or not the incident was “revenge” for the elevating of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans on the inaugural operate in Howrah station.
“Unfortunate & sickening.Stones pelted at India’s pride Vande Bharat Express in WB’s Malda district. Is this revenge for ‘Jai Shree Ram’ chants on the Inaugural day? I urge @PMOIndia & @RailMinIndia to handover the probe to @NIA_India & punish the perpetrators@AshwiniVaishnaw,” he tweeted.
Reacting to BJP’s allegations, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated it was a “conspiracy” to defame the state authorities.
“We don’t know who is involved in it. The police and railway officials are looking into it. We suspect that the BJP is trying to politicise the issue,” he stated.
BJP staff had raised ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans in the course of the inauguration programme following which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to rise up on the dais from the place the prepare was flagged off.
The incident had created a serious controversy, with the TMC taking exception to the elevating of “political slogans” at a authorities programme, made extra solemn by the loss of life of the mom of the prime minister, whereas the BJP tried to downplay the incident, with Vaishnaw saying that nothing had occurred to trigger any angst as occasion staff typically elevate slogans.
MALDA: Just just a few days after its inaugural run, the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express was pelted with stones in West Bengal’s Malda district.
The incident prompted the BJP to demand an NIA investigation into the incident, whereas the Trinamool Congress hinted at a ‘conspiracy to defame the state’.
No accidents, nevertheless, have been reported within the incident that befell close to Kumarganj railway station, round 50 km from Malda city, on Monday night, a Railway official stated.
The glass door of coach quantity C13 of 22303 Vande Bharat Express was broken within the incident, he stated.
Kumarganj falls underneath the jurisdiction of the Katihar division of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).
The prepare was not stopped mid-way after the incident befell at 5.10 pm on Monday and it halted at its designated stoppage at Malda Town railway station, the official stated.
Malda Town railway station Government Railway Police (GRP) IC Prashant Rai stated that Railway Protection Force (RPF) is investigating the matter.
The prepare was flagged-off nearly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Howrah station on December 30.
West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar alleged that these concerned in anti-CAA protests in 2019 have been concerned within the ransacking of the prepare.
“It is shameful that Vande Bharat categorical is being attacked or ransacked in no different state.
The state authorities will do nothing in opposition to the perpetrators to safe its vote financial institution, he stated.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari questioned whether or not the incident was “revenge” for the elevating of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans on the inaugural operate in Howrah station.
“Unfortunate & sickening.Stones pelted at India’s pride Vande Bharat Express in WB’s Malda district. Is this revenge for ‘Jai Shree Ram’ chants on the Inaugural day? I urge @PMOIndia & @RailMinIndia to handover the probe to @NIA_India & punish the perpetrators@AshwiniVaishnaw,” he tweeted.
Reacting to BJP’s allegations, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated it was a “conspiracy” to defame the state authorities.
“We don’t know who is involved in it. The police and railway officials are looking into it. We suspect that the BJP is trying to politicise the issue,” he stated.
BJP staff had raised ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans in the course of the inauguration programme following which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to rise up on the dais from the place the prepare was flagged off.
The incident had created a serious controversy, with the TMC taking exception to the elevating of “political slogans” at a authorities programme, made extra solemn by the loss of life of the mom of the prime minister, whereas the BJP tried to downplay the incident, with Vaishnaw saying that nothing had occurred to trigger any angst as occasion staff typically elevate slogans.
