Overview

• Videos show Murmu bleeding after stones were thrown at a BJP delegation in Jalpaiguri’s Nagrakata, with their vehicle left badly damaged.
• Siliguri MLA Shankar Ghosh suffered minor injuries, and both leaders received treatment before being referred to a hospital in Siliguri.
• BJP leaders blamed Trinamool workers for orchestrating the assault and alleged police inaction at the scene, calling for accountability and planning protests.
• Trinamool figures rejected the charge and described the violence as local anger over what they called BJP photo-op politics during the crisis.
• Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee traveled to the flood-hit region and appealed for calm as rescue and relief efforts continue after at least 23 reported deaths.