TMC, BJP Supporters Clash In Kolkata, Makeshift Stage Set On Fire

Kolkata: Violent clashes broke out between supporters of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in Sunday evening at Sakherbazar in Kolkata over the use of microphones by a local club allegedly in high volume. 

What happened?

According to reports, the clashes, which erupted over the use of microphones by a local club on very high volume, lead to vandalism, arson and a chaotic situation on the streets of Kolkata. 

The saffron party claimed that the ruling party workers blocked their meeting by playing loud music, after this the supporters of BJP vandalised the Trinamool leader Sudip Polley's event. Later in retaliation, the supporters of TMC reportedly set fire to a makeshift stage, where former Tripura chief minister and BJP election co-incharge Biplab Kumar Deb had addressed a public meeting in the afternoon.

Deb addressed the rally in the afternoon as part 'Parivartan Sankalp Yatra' in Behala Paschim ahead of the Bengal assembly polls.

An official said that one fire tender was pressed into service to bring the blaze under control

What are BJP and TMC saying?

BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya shared a video from the clash on X and wrote, "Fearing an impending defeat, TMC goons have once again unleashed political terror on the streets of Kolkata. Moments after BJP election co-incharge and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb addressed voters at the Parivartan Sankalp Sabha in Behala Paschim, TMC workers stormed the venue, vandalised the site, and after his departure set the sabha stage on fire in the middle of a bustling market."

"This shocking incident occurred this evening on the crucial Diamond Harbour Road in South Kolkata’s Behala. TMC has reduced Bengal to a theatre of terror. Mamata Banerjee's goons are rampaging across the state, torching democracy in a desperate bid to cling to power," Malviya further said.

Fearing an impending defeat, TMC goons have once again unleashed political terror on the streets of Kolkata.

Moments after BJP election co-incharge and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb addressed voters at the Parivartan Sankalp Sabha in Behala Paschim, TMC workers… pic.twitter.com/JEIXAWDxxW

— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) January 25, 2026

Taking to X on Saturday, Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar shared a video from the clash and said, “Today, in the Behala West Assembly constituency area of South Kolkata, the miscreants of Trinamool launched a barbaric attack on the meeting of the Honorable Election Co-in-Charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party West Bengal and former Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb. Along with extensive vandalism at the meeting venue and stage, a brutal incident occurred where they even set fire to the stage.”

“Under Mamata Banerjee's government, West Bengal has effectively descended into...lawlessness, the consequences of which are becoming evident every day across the entire state,” the union minister of state said.

মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের শাসনকালে পশ্চিমবঙ্গ কার্যত আইন-শৃঙ্খলাহীনতার অতল গহ্বরে নেমে গেছে, যার লজ্জাজনক পরিণতি প্রতিদিন রাজ্যের সর্বত্র স্পষ্ট হয়ে উঠছে। তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস সমাজবিরোধী দুর্বৃত্তবাহিনীকে ব্যবহার করে সাংবিধানিক দায়িত্বে নিযুক্ত ভারতের নির্বাচন কমিশনের আধিকারিকদের উপর… pic.twitter.com/JJKOzDuXxS

— Dr. Sukanta Majumdar (@DrSukantaBJP) January 25, 2026

Ratna Chatterjee, TMC MLA from the Behala Purba constituency said, "I had come to attend a badminton tournament by our boys, and came to know that BJP supporters tried to disturb the game. The BJP does not know we have our leader, Mamata Banerjeee with us. The more they attack us, the more we become stronger."