Young vs Old: BJP factions conflict, vandalise occasion workplace in Burdwan

Two mini vans had been set on fireplace and BJP’s occasion workplace in East Burdwan district vandalised after two factions of the occasion clashed throughout a gathering on Thursday, sources mentioned. The two teams additionally hurled stones at one another.
Local BJP leaders mentioned one group was led by occasion’s outdated timers who felt sidelined as a result of entry of younger leaders from different events.
“We had come here to complain that some of the old timers of the party are not given their due respect. They are being sidelined. Instead of listening to us, party workers started misbehaving with us,” mentioned a neighborhood BJP chief. The conflict occurred when a celebration assembly on the workplace, which was nearly inaugurated by BJP nationwide president J P Nadda, was in progress.
Members of 1 group left the assembly halfway and torched two mini vans, parked exterior the workplace. They hurled stones on the workplace, breaking home windows. An enormous contingent of police introduced the state of affairs underneath management.

BJP leaders alleged that the TMC was behind the incident, whereas the ruling occasion denied the cost and claimed it was fallout of infighting. “If any member of our party is involved in the incident then action will be taken against him. But we believe it was the handiwork of TMC leaders to malign our image,” mentioned state BJP president Dilip Ghosh.
TMC Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal mentioned, “Two factions of the BJP — old and new — are fighting against each other …. Why would we go there and attack their party offices? Don’t we have anything else to do?”
Meanwhile, in Asansol in West Burdwan district, two teams of BJP staff entered right into a scuffled throughout a gathering attended by Union minister Babul Supriyo and BJP chief Arvind Menon. This pressured the occasion to shut the occasion workplace. Supriyo advised reporters, “A lot of people had a lot of things to say. As they started interacting with me and Arvind Menon ji today, everyone wanted to speak at the same time. There is nothing wrong to speak to your leaders.”