D.K.Waiba
Mungpoo, May 19

GJM supporter gather outside out post

 In what seems likely an outburst after losing the prestigious Darjeeling Parliamentary seat to the formidable BJP, the TMC’s hill unit resorted to violence on Monday that left one GJM supporter with a broken leg and other injuries while a The incident occurred in this hamlet town of Mungpoo that falls under the Kurseong sub-division days after S. S. Ahluwalia, the BJP candidate won the seat defeating TMC’s iconic ex-footballer Bhaichung Bhutia with a margin of more than one lakh votes that has blown TMC by fire although it managed to win 34 seats out of 42 in Bengal but with no say at the centre. The problems began this morning around 9:30 when a maruti van that transported TMC supporters, allegedly entered the GJM party office at Mungpoo while two of GJM supporters were present. “We were sitting at the party office after opening it when TMC gang virtually entered the office and attacked us with sharp weapons. While trying to get away from the weapons I broke my leg,” said Adeep Tamang. The other office bearer to suffer minor injury was Kewal Thakuri. The TMC supporters also ransacked the GJM office. The GJM supporters in reprisal immediately shut down shops, gathered in huge numbers, rallied in the town and gheroad the Mungpoo outpost demanding immediate arrest of the TMC supporters. Further, the angry supporters blocked the road connecting to Siliguri and Darjeeling in which a vehicle was torched. The GJM served an ultimatum to the police to arrest accused by 6 o’clock this evening. The GJM also alleged cash of around 2 lakh has been missing from the office. Police however pacified the mob to let open the road and said it has started to find the culprits. No arrest had been made till the time of filing this news. The TMC on the other hand alleged that their party flags were burnt by GJM supporters Sunday evening after a massive rally of victory in the area. Roshan Giri, the General Secretary of the GJM who also represents the area in the GTA however denied that his party burnt the Trinamool flags. “This is just a rumor the opposition is vying after it lost with a huge margin,” he said. Darjeeling superintendent of Police Akhilesh Chaturvedi confirmed the happening of the Sunday evening incident.