Kolkata: TMC General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee was severely heckled and thrown eggs and pelted stones at him on Saturday. This incident happened when he reached Sonarpur in South 24 Paragans district of West Bengal to meet a party worker who reportedly became a victim of post-poll violence after May 4^th.

Abhishek Banerjee’s vehicle first faced protests in the midway at Kamal Gazi, when a group of women showed him black flags. But the real protest he faced was as soon as he reached Sonapur, as hundreds of local people, including women, first shouted slogans describing him as a thief.

At that time he came out of his vehicle and got on a motorcycle of a local TMC activist to reach the destination. Soon, the protesters charged towards him. Some of the women protesters even physically assaulted and slapped him, while some of them threw eggs at him. His shirt was torn by some protesters. After being hit by a couple of eggs hurled at him, the he quickly put on a cricket helmet to save his head. Even some stones were hurled towards him, which fortunately missed him.

After this incident Abhishek Banerjee told to the media that he will to the Calcutta High Court in the matter and inform West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi of the entire incident. He also said that I came to meet our party worker, Sanju Karmakar, who was reportedly a victim of post-poll violence, and I faced such things. Because of the helmet, my head somehow got saved. This was the handiwork of the BJP party-backed goons. Is democracy at all prevailing in West Bengal? Surprisingly, the police were not seen anywhere near while I was attacked. It is not even a month since the new government in West Bengal has taken charge, and this is the situation already, he added.

Earlier in the day, he visited Beliaghata in North Kolkata to meet another party worker, who also reportedly became the victim of the post-poll violence.