TMC's 'drunken' youth stopped my car: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
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Baharampur: Following a group of unidentified youths stopping the West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's car in Baharampur, Chowdhury alleged that it was the Trinamool Congress behind the incident, PTI reported.
Chowdhury's car was stopped by the group, and they chanted the 'go back" slogan in the very Lok Sabha constituency he represents on Saturday.
Mr Chowdhury, who is seeking re-election from the constituency, held the Trinamool Congress responsible for this and alleged that it was a practice started by the state's ruling party from last year's civic polls.
He told reporters, "This is nothing but a ploy to stop me. 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 claimed that the group of youths were drunk. They stopped his vehicle when he was returning home after campaigning in the afternoon.
He said, "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 the TMC had organised it. But they would not be able to stop me in this way."
He said that he had approached the district superintendent of police on the issue and sought his intervention.
In Baharampur, TMC fielded former cricketer Yusuf Pathan. But Chowdhury has been winning the Lok Sabha constituency since 1999.
Polls are scheduled here for May 13.