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Modi Govt unleashed vendetta politics on oppostion. Tapas Paul named Babul Supriyo in chit fund scam but was he arrested?: RS Surjewala,Cong pic.twitter.com/QZmQUX66I6



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BJP's Kolkata headquarters attacked after TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay's arrest

NEW DELHI: Activists of the Trinamool Congress ' (TMC) student wing today attacked the BJP headquarters in Kolkata to protest against the arrest of TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay Over a 1,000 TMC supporters gheraoed the party office from both ends. Contingents from the TMC and BJP clashed in front of the headquarters.Carrying TMC flags and shouting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the party workers accused the BJP of pursuing 'vendetta politics.'"We are protesting against the BJP because of the vendetta politics that they have pursued against our party. We are here to teach them a lesson," a senior TMCP leader of central Kolkata said.BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha, who was inside the party headquarters during the attack, alleged that 10 to 15 BJP supporters were injured after being pelted with stones by the protesters.Five to six cars belonging to the party were damaged and Modi's effigies set alight, he said.The officer in charge of Jorasanko police station, Amit Rakshit, was also injured after being hit by a brick.Is this democracy? A person who has looted public money has been arrested. So why are they protesting against our party office?" Sinha asked.Here's a list of the wounded.Traffic in the area was thrown into disarray because of the protest.Earlier today, the CBI arrested Sudip Bandyopadhyay in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam.The Rose Valley Group of Companies is an alleged Ponzi firm which has duped investors in West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura and Andhra Pradesh of nearly Rs 17,000 crore.West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee reacted strongly to the news of Bandhyopadhyay's arrest and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of using the "CBI, ED, IT to scare those who raise voice against demonetisation," and daring him to arrest her too.Congress leader RS Surjewala also criticised the PM, and asked why BJP MP and Union Minister Babul Supriyo wasn't arrested after his name was dragged into the Rose Valley chit scam by TMC MP Tapas Paul on Sunday.