Abhishek Banerjee Assaulted During Visit To Party Worker’s House

Locals heckled and allegedly threw eggs on Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee today when he went to meet party workers who were affected by violence following the party’s loss in the assembly election.

The incident happened in South 24 Parganas’ Sonarpur. Some Trinamool workers there had alleged they were targeted by political rivals after their loss in the election. The leader was reportedly going to the house of a Trinamool worker who was killed.

The crowds who confronted Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of former chief minister Mamata Banerjee, also raised slogans including “chor, chor” against him.(UPDATED ON 30TH MAY 2026)