Bengal TMC MP Sougata Roy faces protest outside police station; eggs thrown at his car

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy on Thursday faced protests outside a police station in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, with demonstrators shouting “thief” at him and hurling eggs at his vehicle.The 78-year-old parliamentarian had gone to the Nimta police station to submit a deputation alleging attacks on TMC councillors in several parts of Nimta and North Dum Dum.When the Dum Dum MP was leaving, a group of people surrounded his vehicle and raised slogans against him. Eggs were also allegedly thrown at his car.Police personnel deployed outside the station intervened to prevent the situation from escalating further.Roy claimed the protest was politically motivated and alleged that BJP workers were behind the demonstration."BJP supporters gathered there and created a disturbance when I was coming out of the police station. They shouted slogans and hurled eggs at my car. This kind of politics is unfortunate," he told PTI.The BJP, however, denied involvement in the incident and claimed that locals were expressing anger over alleged corruption and irregularities under the TMC regime."People are frustrated over corruption and have spontaneously protested. It has nothing to do with the BJP as a political party," a BJP leader of the area said.(With agency inputs)