West Bengal: BJP MP claims Bomb hurled at his car while returning after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’

Ranaghat (West Bengal): Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Ranaghat in West Bengal Jagannath Sarkar on Saturday alleged that a bomb was hurled at his car when he was returning after watching the film ‘The Kashmir Files’ in Nadia district.

“I was returning after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’. A bomb was hurled at my car on my way back, we escaped it (bomb) narrowly,” said Jagannath Sarkar.
Sarkar claimed that he escaped the untoward incident as the car was in speed and the bomb landed behind his car.

The BJP MP claimed that Law and Order situation has deteriorated in Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal government and President rules should be imposed in the State to save the Democracy.

“No one is secure in Bengal as Law and Order situation has worsened in the state. Democracy has been toppled by the state government,” he said.

BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar from Ranaghat in West Bengal attacked. “I was returning after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’. ..A bomb was hurled at my car on my way back, we escaped it (bomb) narrowly…We pulled out the car a little far to see…police came after 10 min,” he says pic.twitter.com/gMj7HZBBSq

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“Article 356 (President’s rule) should be imposed to prevent the prevailing situation (deteriorating law and order) in the state. Otherwise, it won’t stop,” he added.

The film ‘The Kashmir Files’ has mired in controversy since its release on March 11 with the BJP and Opposition parties having conflicting views on it.

It revolves around the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 and has been directed by Vivek Agnihotri, known for films like ‘Tashkent Files’, ‘Hate Story’ and ‘Buddha in a Traffic Jam’.