West Bengal: Mob Attacks BJP Candidate Pranat Tudu In Jhargram; Watch Video

On the day when polling for the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha Election 2024 took place across 6 States and Union Territories, a shocking video of a mob attacking BJP candidate created buzz on the internet. According to the reports, the BJP candidate from Jhargram constituency Pranat Tudu, was allegedly attacked by miscreants when he visited a polling booth in Monlapota.

The video sparked a debate among social media users over violence in elections and how party workers take the law in their own hands without worrying about the consequences.

Speaking on the incident, Pranat Tudu said, "We got information yesterday that BJP voters in Monglapota are not being allowed to vote. Due to this, we came to this area to check what was the problem. Here around 200 people attacked us with lathis, stones and some weapons. We could have been murdered if Central forces would not have been there...We did not get any protection from the local police...Didi doesn't want to impose CAA and make the country into Pakistan."

The reports said the BJP candidate went to the polling station after receiving alleged complaints of booth capturing and saffron party polling agents were allegedly thrown out.

"All of a sudden, TMC goons who had blocked the roads started hurling bricks at my car. When my security personnel tried to intervene, they were injured. Two CISF jawans accompanying me received head injuries and had to be hospitalised," Tudu said.

A large police contingent was rushed to the area to control the situation. The local TMC leadership denied the allegations and accused Tudu of trying to "vitiate the peaceful polling process".

"The BJP nominee was threatening voters. The villagers got enraged and staged a protest," a local TMC leader said.

The angry mob also vandalised police and media vehicles.