Overview

• Khagen Murmu and Shankar Ghosh were attacked in Nagrakata while assessing flood damage, with videos showing Murmu bleeding and their vehicles vandalised.
• The BJP alleged TMC orchestration of the assault, while TMC leaders said aggrieved locals reacted to a large BJP convoy focused on photo-ops.
• Both leaders were treated locally and shifted to a Siliguri hospital, with their conditions reported out of danger.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the incident “outright appalling,” as Mamata Banerjee appealed for peace, visited relief camps, and criticised politicisation.
• Severe rains and landslides continue to batter North Bengal, prompting NDRF operations, cross-party condemnations, and BJP plans for protest actions.