He also demanded that the Left Front government tracks down and initiates action against the culprits, who are alleged to be CPM supporters. The incident occurred when Roy was returning from a rally at his constituency in Bongaon. Unidentified persons hurled bricks at his car, one of which injured him.
Trinamool Congress activists held demonstrations and blocked roads in several areas in Roy’s constituency on Sunday to protest against the attack. Dasmunsi said, “If public representatives are hurt and injured with direct patronage of the party in power, it will end the democratic functioning of public representatives in the state.” Rejecting his party’s involvement in the attack, CPM’s Bongaon Zonal Committee Secretary Pankaj Ghosh said: “The Trinamool Congress was trying to create a reign of terror in the constituency ahead of the upcoming panchayat elections.”