Bengal BJP president Sukanto Majumdar on Wednesday sustained head injuries when he tripped after allegedly being 'pushed' by policemen who were trying to prevent him from going to Sanedeshkhali to meet victims of land-grab and rape — by the men of Trinamool Congress dons, Sheikh Shahjahan, Shibu Hajra and Uttam Sardar all members of district committee and district board. The doctors said tests including MRI and scan were being conducted on him and his condition could be ascertained only after investigations were completed.
Initially what seemed to be a minor injury seemed to turn out critical when the police had to rush him to a private hospital in Kolkata — in an ICU ambulance with oxygen masks on — where he had been admitted to trauma unit.
Sources in the BJP said that Majumdar was passing in an out of his senses and MRI and other tests were being conducted on him to find out the extent of his head injury, sources said.
Majumdar had on Tuesday led a massive BJP rally at Basirhat SP office where the saffron workers protesting Sandeshkhali incident fought a pitched battle with the cops leading to a number of injuries and arrests. The BJP leader who held his ground and continued a night-long sit-in demonstration was subsequently detained and taken to a hotel.
However on Wednesday morning he slipped out of the place and reached the banks of Ishamati River — bordering India and Bangladesh — where he performed Saraswati Puja before coming back to the hotel. Soon scuffle ensued between the BJP supports and the police as once again he tried to move towards Sandeshkhali.
In the melee he was allegedly pushed from behind by the policemen leading to his fall. As he passed out under the impact he was taken to the nearby hospital from where he was shifted to Kolkata, sources said.
The Wednesday's incident takes place a day after Anarul Islam a CPI(M) supporter died after receiving injuries from bursting tear gas shells at Behrampore where the police resorted to a massive lathi-charge to disperse a large gathering of farmers who had assembled with their demands.
Giving strong reactions to the treatment meted out to him Bengal Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari said "Mamata Banerjee government has crossed all limits of despotism … if this can happen to a lawmaker, an MP then it is easily imaginable what treatment the common man gets in this regime… we strongly condemn the brutal attack of the police on Sukanto Majumdar."
His party colleague and State committee member Sajal Ghosh saw an "intention to kill Sukanto Majumdar." He said, "it is increasingly becoming difficult for the Mamata Banerjee Government to handle the BJP … so they tried to teach us a lesson by attacking our State president in order to stop us from raising the people's voice … but that is not going to happen and the BJP will continue to fight and throw out this Government from power."
While there was no official reaction from the police administration Trinamool Congress MP Shantanu Sen it was a "drama being enacted by Sukanto Majumdar in order to draw public attention after his agitation failed to find any support."
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh also asked "why Sukanto Majumdar was dancing on the bonnet of his vehicle from where he apparently fell down," adding "the BJP leaders like Sukanto Majumdar have started acting because he wants snaps to be sent to Delhi so that his tenure is further extended by his bosses."
