Violence and politics collide in poll-bound West Bengal. A day after BJP MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Shankar Ghosh were attacked while inspecting flood-hit areas, another BJP MLA, Manoj Kumar Oraon, was targeted in Alipurduar. The BJP accuses the Trinamool Congress of orchestrating the assaults, while PM Narendra Modi called the attacks “outright appalling,” slamming the TMC’s law and order record. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit back, accusing the PM of politicising a natural disaster. As protests erupt, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose blamed the state police for inaction. With 23 dead in floods and landslides, Bengal’s tragedy has turned into a political battleground. Business Today TV brings the full story from ground zero.

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