Kolkata (West Bengal), Jan. 4 -- : West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar here on Wednesday alleged that the mob attack in Tripura outside the ancestral residence of former chief minister Biplab Deb was the result of "TMC effect".
Unidentified people had attacked priests outside Deb's ancestral home in Udaipur in Tripura's Gomati district late Tuesday night. The priests had come to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP's residence to perform a Yajna in the annual Shradh ceremony of Deb's father today.
"The Bengal-like situation is occurring in Tripura...perhaps TMC is going to fight the next assembly polls there, hence the TMC effect is happening there," the BJP leader alleged.
Tripura police is equipped enough to investiga...