India, Jan. 26 -- Supporters of the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP clashed near Kolkata on Sunday evening, allegedly over the use of loudspeakers at a local club, with the confrontation escalating into arson as a makeshift stage used for a BJP public meeting earlier in the day was set on fire.

The incident that took place in the Sakherbazar are on the southwestern outskirts of Kolkata, triggered fresh political sparring between the two sides.

Local BJP leaders alleged that miscreants set the stage on fire hours after the meeting as part of targeted violence linked to the party's 'Parivartan Sankalp Yatra' ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, reported PTI news agency.

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