Condemning Assam killings, TMC to organize protest rallies across Bengal
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The Trinamool Congress will organize protest rallies across West Bengal today to protest the "brutal killings" of five Bengali-speaking people in Assam. TMC youth Congress president and MP Abhishek Banerjee will lead one of the protests from Jadavpur 8B bus stand to Hazra crossing in South Kolkata. The protest call comes after gunmen killed five people and injured two yesterday in Kheronibari (Tinsukia district).
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Mamata Banerjee announces the same on Twitter
In protest against the brutal killings in Assam @AITCofficial will organise protest rallies tomorrow ( Fri Nov 2) in different parts of north and south Bengal including Siliguri and Kolkata
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) November 1, 2018
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Mamata wonders if the attack was an aftermath of NRC
Terrible news coming out of Assam. We strongly condemn the brutal attack in Tinsukia and the killing of Shyamlal Biswas, Ananta Biswas, Abhinash Biswas, Subodh Das. Is this the outcome of recent NRC development ? 1/2
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) November 1, 2018
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Other venues for rallies: Siliguri, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Nadia
#BREAKING Protest rallies across State. Kolkata, Siliguri, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Nadia and other places #AssamKillings https://t.co/qlkeKsiUmU
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) November 1, 2018