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Mamata Banerjee Road Show In Kolkata

Trinamool Congress Political Party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee road show at the last day Campaign of India General Election on May 16,2019 in Kolkata,India . Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, fighting to defend her turf against the BJP's aggressive campaign to score in the national election, today thanked a range of opposition parties, including the Congress and Mayawati, for their support. Several leaders rallied behind Mamata Banerjee as she attacked the Election Commission's decision to cut short the poll campaign in Bengal following violence on Tuesday at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata. The national election campaign and voting in Bengal has been marked by violence and clashes between workers of the BJP and Trinamool. On Tuesday evening, Amit Shah's first roadshow in Kolkata ended with clashes and the vandalizing of a statue of iconic 19th century reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Both parties accused each other of inciting the violence and desecrating the statue of an icon passionately revered by Bengalis. Amit Shah accused the Trinamool of attacking his roadshow as a part of a "conspiracy". Trinamool leader Derek O'Brien, in turn, called the BJP chief "Dhokabaaz" and "pukeworthy". He also held up what he called video proof that the BJP was behind the vandalism. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto)

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