Calcutta, Jan. 6 :
Calcutta, Jan. 6:
Suspended Trinamul Congress MP Ajit Panja today accused Mamata Banerjee of engineering an attack on him by party activists at Chakdah in Nadia district yesterday.
'I strongly feel that the attack was made at Mamata's behest... I could have been physically assaulted by Mamata's men if local youths had not come to my rescue,' Panja said at a news conference this
afternoon.
Panja was in Chakdah to play the role of Ramakrishna in Nati Binodini. 'On my way home, some party activists intercepted my car. They were raising slogans in favour of Mamata and were abusing me for going against her,' he said.
The Trinamul Congress chief was quick to deny the allegation, calling it 'baseless and concocted'. Mamata, however, has sought a report on the incident from the party's Nadia district unit.
Trinamul MLA Pankaj Banerjee condemned the attack. He denied that party activists had a hand in it. 'We have reports that nothing happened to Panja at Chakdah. This must be one of his ploys to attract public attention,' he said.
Trinamul sources said Panja had brought such 'serious charges' against Mamata with 'a definite purpose'. 'Unable to provoke Mamata to expedite his expulsion, a desperate Ajitda has taken recourse to levelling false allegations against didi,' a Trinamul worker said.





