BJP Workers Accused of Vandalising TMC Leader Shashi Panja’s House in Kolkata

PTI, March 15, 2026, Kolkata : On the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally at Brigade Parade Ground, senior TMC leader Shashi Panja’s residence was reportedly attacked by BJP workers en route to the event.

Panja called it a pre-planned assault, suggesting it may have targeted her party supporters, and said she was also caught up in the melee.

The TMC alleged that the attack on Panja’s residence was deliberate and that BJP must take responsibility. Sharing video footage showing activists carrying out the rampage while shouting “Jai Sree Ram,” she said the evidence would be submitted to the police and an FIR lodged.

Panja said that “Boycott BJP” posters at her Girish Park residence were torn down by BJP workers, and TMC supporters were attacked when they tried to restore them. She also claimed to have sustained shoulder and waist injuries from stones thrown.

She said: “The attackers were criminals and it was pre-planned. BJP goons are responsible for this. The buses heading to the Brigade today were carrying bricks, glass bottles and bombs. They launched an attack on my home located on Girish Park Main Road. I was attacked, and I have kept photographs of those who carried out the attack.”

Mocking Prime Minister Modi’s assurances on women’s safety, TMC leaders Bratya Basu and Saayoni Ghosh said: “If the BJP thinks that they will win Bengal by unleashing such attacks, they are living in a fool’s paradise. You talk about women’s safety when your party men attack a woman in the state. What security will you provide to the women of Bengal?”

Meanwhile, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from the Kolkata Police Commissioner regarding the incident. TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee also condemned the attack