00:01BJP's candidate Agni Mitra Paul's car was attacked.
00:04West Bengal Elections Phase 1, where clashes have been erupting between BJP and TMC in several constituencies.
00:11But in Asensoul, BJP candidate Agni Mitra Paul's convoy was attacked.
00:15Stones were pelted at BJP candidate's vehicle near booth number 135 in Rehmatnagar.
00:21The rear windshield of the vehicle was shattered.
00:24No injuries have been reported.
00:26A complaint has also been lodged at the Hirapur Police Station.
00:30The police has initiated an investigation and the situation remains under control.
00:34Just a short while ago, when India Today also spoke to Agni Mitra Paul, who blamed the TMC for that
00:39attack
00:40and also stated that this was not the first time she had been attacked and this is not going to
00:45scare her.
00:46Listen in to what she said.
00:49I had gone to Rehmatnagar minority area and I had supervised the books of one building
00:56and when I was going to another building, suddenly I supervised and I entered the car.
01:01And one big boulder was thrown onto my car.
01:05The entire back of the car was broken.
01:10The entire glass was completely broken.
01:14By God's case, I wasn't hurt and my security wasn't hurt.
01:18But my secretary was sitting at the back.
01:20So he was a bit hurt.
01:22But this, you know, can't be tolerated and every time this has been going on.
01:27In 2021 also, in this same area, there was stone building.
01:32In 2022, when I was, you know, contesting by election, then also in Barabani, I was attacked.
01:40And today, in 2026, I was again attacked.
01:43So you can well understand who is doing this.
01:46Who has good relation with the minority, you can understand.
01:51There you heard from Agni Mitrapal, whose car was attacked while she was moving from Rehmatnagar.
01:57In fact, take a look at that exact picture of how her car was attacked.
02:00She was sitting on the front seat.
02:02Thankfully, she escaped unhurt.
02:04But members of her security team and her personal assistant who were sitting in the back of the car.
02:08And that's where the glass was shattered when a big boulder was thrown towards her car.
02:14She has raised concerns over security.
02:16She has also questioned whether BJP representatives were deliberately being targeted, especially in minority-dominated areas.
02:24Let me take this to my colleague Anupam Mishra, who's with us on the phone line, getting us further details
02:29of this attack.
02:30And while the complaint has been filed, it's certainly concerning to these sort of clashes, to the violence that has
02:36been reported against BJP leaders and workers.
02:40Well, you know, BJP candidate from Arsenal, Daksin, Agni Mitrapal, has claimed that she has been attacked.
02:49But somehow, she was taped because she was sitting in front of the car.
02:53But a stone, big stone, was pelted towards his car.
02:57And the rear window of her car has been vandalized and her security personals were injured.
03:05But this is not the only case.
03:08We have seen several such cases in Western World today, where BJP book engines and BJP leaders have been attacked.
03:15And we have seen horrifying visuals of BJP candidates from Kumar Ganj, Shubhendu Sarkar, who was attacked in a broad
03:24daylight and then resisting a spook.
03:27Let's get our viewers those details in just a short while from now.
03:30But Anupam, like you're rightly telling us when it comes to Agni Mitrapal, whose car was attacked.
03:36And once again, she said that this is not the first time.
03:39But the BJP is squarely blaming the TMC for this attack while the complaint has been filed.
03:44But like I said, that the situation in Murshidabad was tense.
03:48We also saw what happened to that BJP polling agent in Birbhum and his head that received a severe injury.
03:54Agni Mitrapal's car, while she escaped unhurt, even her security, who was sitting behind in this car when that big
04:01boulder was thrown as she claimed.
04:11Anupam?
04:13Yes, yes, exactly.
04:16Agni Mitrapal is claiming that she had been attacked and a big boulder was thrown into her car.
04:21And this happened when she was roaming around.
04:24She was visiting multiple booths and accessing the situation.
04:27And from Rahmatnagar area, she was going from Rahmatnagar area to another area.
04:33And when she was just, she just sat in her car, the incident happened.
04:38And she has blamed TMC workers on this incident.
04:42And this is not the first time we have seen violence in Asansol area.
04:48Not only in Asansol, in Murshidabad, in Malda and in Pujbiya.
04:52These are the districts where the violence-thrown districts and we have seen several such incidents in the past.
04:59Right.
05:00And if I'm do stay on, we are getting this latest response from Agni Mitrapal on the attack that had
05:04happened on her car.
05:05Let's listen in to what she said.
05:07We have been in Rahmatnagar, in a minority area.
05:11One building, which is a lot of booths, we were running away from the other building.
05:17And we were running back and we were running back.
05:20But then we started running back and running back.
05:22And then we put a big stone from behind.
05:26Now if the minority area will be running, the BJP will be running, then who will be running?
05:33Think about who will be running?
05:56And those words coming in from Agni Mitra Paul.
06:00I want to take this back to my colleague Anupam who continues to stay with us on the broadcast.
06:03As Agni Mitra Paul put it, that enough of TMC's communal politics.
06:08The people of Bengal are looking for change and the BJP wants to focus on the development of the state,
06:13increase employment for people and they are not going to back down by these threats issued by the TMC is
06:19what she claims, Anupam.
06:21Well, you know, she has registered a formal complaint in the police and police is looking into the matter.
06:26But she has clearly said that minority people were behind this attack because she was visiting a minority area.
06:35So it's a kind of statement that BJP always adhere to.
06:40And we have seen Sudhendu Adhikani also initially today at a meeting and that if Hindu has to be paid,
06:51they have to vote for BJP.
06:52So this is a kind of incident which is not the only incident.
06:58We have seen several such incidents in Western world today.
07:01But compared to the incidents which we have seen in the past in several elections, whether it's assembly elections or
07:09no-survey elections,
07:10compared to those incidents, I can tell you the amount of violence is much lesser in this election so far.
07:20Oh yes, absolutely. And the stakes indeed are very high as far as Agni Mitrapol is concerned,
07:25who is also saying that the people of Bengal want change.
07:27And she says that the BJP is focused on delivering development, increased employment to the people of West Bengal.
07:35Women's safety again is another focus for the BJP.
07:38But the situation concerning when it comes to these key BJP leaders,
07:42especially when they're moving across these very sensitive areas in their convoy,
07:47and Agni Mitrapol, who's also not just expressed concerns over security,
07:54but will now have to move wearing a helmet, is what some of these BJP leaders are considering
08:00while they move from these key areas.
08:03On the left of our screens, we've put out those latest pictures of how BJP's Agni Mitrapol
08:08is now wearing a helmet in order to stay safe,
08:11while security has been heightened around her convoy to ensure that no damage now takes place.
08:18Agni Mitrapol says that she is not going to get scared of these threats.
08:24She will continue to fight, but there you see how her convoy is moving with heightened security deployment.
08:29And Agni Mitrapol, BJP's prominent face, fighting that battle from Assun Sol South,
08:37is now moving around in her convoy, wearing a safety helmet inside the car.
08:44She put out the exact sequence of events of how a huge boulder was hurled at her car from the
08:52back,
08:53and that shattered the glass completely.
08:55One of my colleagues who has also filed this latest report on how Agni Mitrapol
09:01will now move around in her convoy.
09:03Listen up.
09:04Thank you very much.
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