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Contai: Soon after Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah addressed a rally in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district, unknown miscreants on Tuesday vandalised vehicles ferrying BJP workers near the venue of the public meeting.

The incident took place after the program got over and people were returning to their respective buses. The BJP has blamed the Trinamool Congress for the incident. However, the Trinamool Congress claimed that BJP workers had vandalised a local TMC party office in Kanthi and the irked TMC supporters then retaliated.

"When our supporters were returning from Amit Shah's rally they were attacked by TMC activists. This is a shame. We condemn it," BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said.

BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha, meanwhile, alleged: "The TMC is afraid of our strength. That is why they committed violence. Unfortunate that everything happened in front of police, attackers didn't spare even women workers."

Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya later warned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said the BJP leaders would neither get threatened nor give in. “Ye Mamata ji ko bahut mehenga padega,” added Vijayvargiya.

However, TMC leader Madan Mitra said it the "beginning of the end of the BJP, in entirety, has already started and it has started from Bengal. BJP has hired some hooligans from Jharkhand. They are doing this because they have no other issues".

Senior TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari, meanwhile, claimed that the BJP is trying to disturb peace and stability in the district. "BJP workers attacked our party offices and this led to retaliation by our workers. If our party office is attacked are we going to offer sweets?" he said.

While addressing the rally, Shah hit out at the TMC government and vowed to uproot it. He had claimed that TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's paintings were purchased by chit fund owners for crores of rupees.