Kolkata: A leader from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has issued a direct threat. Last night, Kalyan Banerjee said if the West Bengal Chief Minister is attacked again, the assailants' "hands will be broken."
He was referencing last week's violent demonstration in Delhi, where students affiliated to the Left heckled Ms Banerjee and manhandled her Finance Minister, Amit Mitra. Both leaders were hospitalised soon after.
Mr Banerjee's comments come as another Trinamool leader, Derek O'Brien, struck a note of contrition. "Trinamool has been doing lot of development. And in doing this positive development (in Bengal), Trinamool has made two-three mistakes and we will learn from these mistakes," he said. (Read)
The often-violent rivalry between the Trinamool and the Left was escalated earlier this monthwhen a 22-year-old member of the Left's student wing died after being arrested in Kolkata. Ms Banerjee described his death as "a small and petty matter." The Left and its youth wing, the Students Federation of India, allege that Sudipto Gupta was battered by the police and died of those injuries.
He was referencing last week's violent demonstration in Delhi, where students affiliated to the Left heckled Ms Banerjee and manhandled her Finance Minister, Amit Mitra. Both leaders were hospitalised soon after.
Mr Banerjee's comments come as another Trinamool leader, Derek O'Brien, struck a note of contrition. "Trinamool has been doing lot of development. And in doing this positive development (in Bengal), Trinamool has made two-three mistakes and we will learn from these mistakes," he said. (Read)
The often-violent rivalry between the Trinamool and the Left was escalated earlier this monthwhen a 22-year-old member of the Left's student wing died after being arrested in Kolkata. Ms Banerjee described his death as "a small and petty matter." The Left and its youth wing, the Students Federation of India, allege that Sudipto Gupta was battered by the police and died of those injuries.
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