In an effort to get justice for the alleged death of a young man by a BSF agent, the Trinamool Congress has been protesting Nisith Pramanik.
In West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district of Dinhata, the convoy of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nisith Pramanik was reportedly attacked on Saturday by Trinamool Congress supporters.
However, the Trinamool Congress has refuted the accusations.
The event happened barely a week after Trinamool Congress activists held a day-long sit-in outside of Pramanik’s residence in Bhetaguri, Cooch Behar, calling for justice for a “innocent Rajbanshi lad who was branded as cattle smuggler and shot dead” by a Border Security Force agent.
On Saturday, Pramanik, who is also the minister of state for youth affairs and sports, claimed that shots were also fired and bombs hurled at his convoy.
“The entire incident happened in front of the police, and they were just mute spectators,” he alleged.
The attack took place when the minister was on his way to meet Bharatiya Janata Party workers at a programme.
“If a minister is not safe, you can imagine the plight of the common man,” Pramanik said, reported NDTV. “The incident shows the state of democracy in Bengal.”
