Protest in democratic manner but creating ruckus is not good: MoS Home Kiren Rijiju on TMC workers allegedly torching BJP office in Hooghly pic.twitter.com/XPCggrsEYu



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BJP's Hooghly office set ablaze

NEW DELHI: The BJP 's office in Hooghly, West Bengal, was today set ablaze, allegedly by workers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), ANI reported.This is the second time in the last two days that a BJP office in West Bengal has been attacked.Union Minister of State Kiren Rijiju weighed in on the incident, saying that protests should be conducted in a democratic way.Yesterday, activists of the TMC's students' wing attacked the BJP's headquarters in Kolkata to protest against the arrest of TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam.A TMC delegation today led by party secretary general Partha Chatterjee met West Bengal governor Keshari Nath Tripathi and complained of "political vendetta" by the Centre against the TMC - which opposes demonetisation.In New Delhi, several TMC MPs took out a protest march to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence, but were taken into police custody before they could reach 7 Lok Kalyan Marg.