Overview
- Two rival groups of BJP workers fought at Anandapur playground in south-eastern Kolkata, and both groups later demonstrated outside the Anandapur police station.
- Kolkata police said one BJP worker suffered a head injury in the confrontation and reported the demonstration by both sides.
- Local BJP leader Arun Biswal alleged the feast organisers had not taken party permission, had joined after May 4, and had taken money from fish and mutton traders, but those claims are reported and not independently verified.
- No arrests, formal party disciplinary actions, or an official police finding on the extortion allegations have been reported in the latest coverage.
- Community feasts often serve as local political organising and fundraising sites, and this dispute points to grassroots competition over control and patronage that could prompt internal party inquiries or local policing follow-up.