Drunk Men Stop Adhir Chowdhury’s Car in Behrampore, Cong Alleges TMC’s Role – News18

Amidst the ongoing campaign for Lok Sabha polls, a group of unidentified men stopped the West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s car on Saturday in his Lok Sabha constituency Behrampore. The youths shouted ‘go back’ slogan, which made the Congress leader stop and ask them about their complaints.

Chowdhury is seeking re-election from the constituency and he held the Trinamool Congress responsible for this by alleging that it was a practice started by the state’s ruling party from last year’s civic polls.

He told reporters that this is nothing but a ploy to stop him and that the local TMC is behind this. “They want people not to work for the Congress party. This is the same thing they had done during the civic polls last year,” he said.

The leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha claimed that a group of ‘drunken’ youths came in front of this vehicle when he was returning home after campaigning in the afternoon.

“They were yelling: Go back, go back!! I stopped and asked them what their complaints were. Initially, only one person was there, but then several others joined him. I realised that it was organised by the TMC. But they would not be able to stop me in this way,” he said.

The district superintendent of police was informed on the matter and his intervention was sought.

The TMC, on the other hand, has fielded former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan against Chowdhury who has been winning the Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency since 1999. The elections will take place in Baharampur on May 13.

(with PTI inputs)