Overview
- Khagen Murmu and other BJP leaders were assaulted in Nagrakata during a flood- and landslide-relief visit, with stones, footwear and sticks reported in the attack.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the violence, faulted TMC and the state's law and order, and urged BJP workers to continue relief efforts.
- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the Prime Minister for politicizing a natural disaster before an inquiry and questioned holding the state or TMC responsible without verified evidence.
- Mamata Banerjee visited Murmu at a Siliguri hospital and said he is stable under observation, citing high blood sugar and a minor injury behind his ear.
- West Bengal Police have opened an investigation, and the Lok Sabha Secretariat has asked the Union Home Ministry to submit a detailed account of the incident within three days.