Amit Shah behind attacks on Trinamool Congress members in Tripura, alleges Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was responsible for the recent attacks on Trinamool Congress party members in Tripura, PTI reported. She made the comment after visiting injured party members at a hospital in Kolkata.

“Such attacks would not have been possible without the Union home minister’s active support,” Banerjee told reporters. “He is behind these attacks which were carried out in front of Tripura Police as it remained mute spectators. The Tripura chief minister doesn’t have the audacity to order such attacks.”

On August 7, two youth leaders of the Trinamool Congress – Sudip Raha and Jaya Dutta – were attacked in Ambassa in Tripura’s Dhalai district allegedly by supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party,…