Mamata Banerjee Targets BJP, Alleges ‘Conspiracy’ Behind Bomb Attack On Jakir Hossain

<p>In an indirect jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged the bomb attack on state&rsquo;s Labour Minister Jakir Hossain is part of a conspiracy as some people were pressuring him to join their party.</p> <p>Expressing &ldquo;shock&rdquo; over the bomb attack on Hossain in Murshidabad on Wednesday night, Banerjee said the incident reminded her of the assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in the 1990s.</p> <p><strong>READ: <a href="https://ift.tt/2NG8YVx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BJP's Claim Of Getting 200 Seats In Bengal Same As Walking To The Moon, Says TMC's Kakoli Ghosh</a></strong></p> <p>&ldquo;Jakir Hossain is a big businessman...runs a huge beedi factory. It was a planned attack going by eyewitness accounts,&rdquo; said Banerjee.</p> <p>&ldquo;It was a fearful blast. I am shocked. It's like the Beant Singh blast,&rdquo; she added.</p> <p>The Chief Minister, who visited Kolkata&rsquo;s SSKM Hospital to inquire about Hossain&rsquo;s health condition, expressed doubts over security lapses at the time of the attack and said the TMC Government will not allow the case to be suppressed.</p> <p>The TMC chief, who announced a compensation of Rs five lakh for those seriously injured and Rs one lakh for people with minor injuries in the blast, also held the railways responsible for the incident.</p> <p>Unidentified people had hurled a bomb at the Labour Minister at Nimtita railway station in Murshidabad.&nbsp;</p> <p>The West Bengal CID has begun a probe into the incident, which took place when Hossain was walking with his supporters.</p>

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