Kolkata, Dec 10 (PTI) BJP leader and Asansol South MLA Agnimitra Paul on Wednesday faced protests and slogan-shouting during her outreach programme in Asansol in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, police said.

She alleged that supporters of the ruling TMC were behind the demonstration.

Paul, who had gone to interact with villagers and hear their grievances, was met with ‘Go back’ and ‘Chor Chor’ slogans allegedly raised by Trinamool Congress supporters. Around 50 people, most of them women, confronted the MLA as she reached the locality, officials said.

A senior police officer said Paul was escorted away after a heated exchange between her and the protesters.

“Why have you come now after all these years? Have you ever cared about us?” one of the protesters was heard shouting, pr

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