TMC MP Mahua Moitra says eggs thrown at her again by alleged BJP workers in Krishnanagar

She shared a video on social media showing eggshells entangled in her hair.

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party workers threw eggs at her again during a meeting she was attending in West Bengal’s Krishnanagar.

In a video she shared on social media, eggshells could be seen entangled in her hair. She alleged that the incident took place despite police personnel being present.

Moitra said that she was “facing eggs, just like she was told” to.

The MP was referring to a comment made by Supreme Court Justice Dipankar Datta in August while hearing her petition to appear virtually before the police citing incidents of eggs being thrown at her in her constituency.

During the hearing, Datta asked Moitra: “Having taken the plunge into politics, you fear eggs? When our freedom fighters have taken bullets on their chest?”

The case pertained to a remark she had made after women workers of the BJP had allegedly gathered outside a court in Krishnanagar with eggs and tomatoes ahead of Moitra’s scheduled appearance in a case on June 14.

Following the incident, she had said in a social media post that those wanting to throw eggs at her “should wear a burqa” if they wish to stay hidden.

This led to a BJP leader filing a complaint against the Krishnanagar MP, alleging that her comment had hurt the sentiments of the Hindu community.

On July 1, vegetables and eggs were hurled at a TMC office in Krishnanagar while Moitra was inside. She alleged that “goons” from the BJP were responsible for the incident.

Soon after, the MP had moved the Supreme Court, asking that she be allowed to appear virtually before the police in the case filed by the BJP leader.

In her post on Wednesday, the MP referred to the Calcutta High Court order from September 1, when Justice Saugata Bhattacharya directed the government to deal with the “menace of egg-pelting with an iron hand”.

He had directed Moitra to email the superintendent of police in Krishnanagar 48 hours before she is required to visit her constituency, reported Bar and Bench.

“Superintendent of police, Krishnanagar police district, is directed to provide protection to the petitioner by deputing two police personnel whenever petitioner will enter into her constituency in order to avoid egg pelting and other forms of harassment,” the High Court had ordered.

The direction had come on a petition filed by Moitra in which she alleged that she had been unable to go to her constituency because BJP workers had been throwing eggs, tomatoes and stones at Opposition leaders.

The High Court had listed the matter for October 1.

There has been a series of attacks on TMC leaders since the BJP came to power in West Bengal on May 4.

TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee was attacked by a mob with eggs and stones during a visit to Sonarpur on May 30. Party MP Kalyan Banerjee alleged the next day that he was also attacked in the Hooghly district.

Written by Sneha. Edited by Tanya Shrivastava.