KOLKATA: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee strongly criticised the anti-encroachment drive near his residence in Kalighat, West Bengal, saying that the ‘bulldozers cannot silence his voice.’
Today, Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials carried out an anti-encroachment drive, removing a makeshift structure outside Abhishek Banerjee’s residence in the state capital.
“No number of bulldozers can silence my voice or break my resolve. I will continue my fight against the Bangla Birodhis. I will neither retreat nor budge an inch until my last breath,” Banerjee posted on X.
KMC officials arrived with a bulldozer near the TMC general secretary’s Kalighat house in the morning and removed a structure made of bamboo in front of the MP’s house.
The structure was on the footpath, and the civic officials said it caused inconvenience to locals using the footpath. A huge posse of central forces was deployed at Banerjee’s house before the bulldozer action.
The action came days after late-night clashes between BJP and TMC workers outside the MP’s house on the occasion of his 39th birthday.
What started as an altercation finally turned into scuffles and stone-pelting. Abhishek Banerjee alleged that there was an attempt on his life and accused BJP supporters of ransacking a nearby TMC office.
