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Abhishek Banerjee says armed individuals at airport posed security threat; Trinamool claims ‘murder bid’
TMC leaders alleged armed men threatened Abhishek Banerjee at the airport, while a viral video showed a man hiding a gun.
- On Friday night, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee faced a security scare at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata after returning from Delhi, where authorities apprehended an allegedly armed individual.
- BJP supporters gathered at the airport Friday to protest Banerjee by throwing eggs, sparking scuffles with TMC workers and forcing police to deploy a large contingent to escort the general secretary through an alternative exit.
- TMC MP Derek O'Brien alleged the apprehended man, Dumdum resident Uttam Das, carried a firearm and described the incident as an "attempt to murder," while the party claimed he has ties to BJP leadership.
- Party leadership condemned the incident as a "state-sponsored attempt to eliminate a political opponent," questioning law and order under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and demanding immediate police action against recurring attacks on TMC leaders.
- Banerjee, the second-in-command at the Trinamool, remains one of the first leaders to face physical attacks within one month of the party losing state power after 15 years, though opposing parties deny direct involvement in such confrontations.
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TMC Raises Security Concerns After Abhishek Banerjee Alleges Airport Attack
The airport confrontation followed Banerjee's political meetings in the capital. He had travelled to Delhi to meet with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and oppose the absorption of dissident TMC lawmakers into the National Citizens' Party of India (NCPI).
·New Delhi, India
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'Raises serious questions on security': Abhishek Banerjee after 'armed individuals' apprehended at Kolkata airport
India News: NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday raised concerns over law and order in West Bengal after a.
·India
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right5Center0Last UpdatedBias Distribution62% Right
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R 62%
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