<p>The BJP on Thursday alleged that Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Nisith Pramanik's convoy was attacked in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, but police said it was a "minor scuffle" as some people tried to wave black flags at him.</p>.<p>Pramanik was in the Sitai area to visit the houses of BJP workers who were attacked last week, the BJP said.</p>.<p>Stones were hurled at his cavalcade by TMC supporters, it alleged.</p>.<p>Rejecting the allegation, TMC claimed the incident might be the result of infighting within the BJP.</p>.<p>Police said there was a minor scuffle between men in the minister's convoy, and some people who had come to demonstrate with black flags.</p>.<p>"It was a minor scuffle between people in the minister's convoy and bystanders carrying black flags, when the cavalcade was passing through the Sitai police station area. During the scuffle, a few motorcycles were damaged. On-duty police officers intervened, and the situation was brought under control. We have not arrested anyone," Cooch Behar SP Sumit Kumar told PTI.</p>.<p>Police said there were 20 vehicles in Pramanik's convoy, and about 200 people on motorcycles were accompanying it.</p>.<p>The scuffle broke out when around five persons tried to wave black flags at Pramanik, the MP of Cooch Behar, they said.</p>.<p>The minister later told reporters that if there was an attack on his convoy, the attackers will get a "reply".</p>.<p>"If they attack my convoy, we won't shower flowers on them. If they attack, they will get a reply," he said.</p>.<p>"I have come here to meet BJP workers who were attacked a few days back. We stand with our party workers. We are not here to conduct any political programme. I just wanted to meet the party workers and their families," he added.</p>.<p>BJP's national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said it was shameful and a matter of concern that a Union minister was "attacked" in West Bengal.</p>.<p>"This is a regular affair in the state where opposition workers are attacked and killed by the TMC regime," he alleged.</p>.<p>TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, "We don't know what happened there, so it won't be right to comment just on news reports. But, I don't think the TMC is in any way involved in it. It must be due to infighting between the newcomers and old-timers of the BJP," Ghosh said.</p>.<p>Last week, North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha, a veteran politician of Cooch Behar, had purportedly asked TMC workers to wrench off the moustache and beard of Pramanik after ensuring a massive win for the party in the 2024 Lok Sabha poll.</p>.<p>Asked about the attack, Guha said, "No such incident has taken place in that area." </p>
<p>The BJP on Thursday alleged that Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Nisith Pramanik's convoy was attacked in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, but police said it was a "minor scuffle" as some people tried to wave black flags at him.</p>.<p>Pramanik was in the Sitai area to visit the houses of BJP workers who were attacked last week, the BJP said.</p>.<p>Stones were hurled at his cavalcade by TMC supporters, it alleged.</p>.<p>Rejecting the allegation, TMC claimed the incident might be the result of infighting within the BJP.</p>.<p>Police said there was a minor scuffle between men in the minister's convoy, and some people who had come to demonstrate with black flags.</p>.<p>"It was a minor scuffle between people in the minister's convoy and bystanders carrying black flags, when the cavalcade was passing through the Sitai police station area. During the scuffle, a few motorcycles were damaged. On-duty police officers intervened, and the situation was brought under control. We have not arrested anyone," Cooch Behar SP Sumit Kumar told PTI.</p>.<p>Police said there were 20 vehicles in Pramanik's convoy, and about 200 people on motorcycles were accompanying it.</p>.<p>The scuffle broke out when around five persons tried to wave black flags at Pramanik, the MP of Cooch Behar, they said.</p>.<p>The minister later told reporters that if there was an attack on his convoy, the attackers will get a "reply".</p>.<p>"If they attack my convoy, we won't shower flowers on them. If they attack, they will get a reply," he said.</p>.<p>"I have come here to meet BJP workers who were attacked a few days back. We stand with our party workers. We are not here to conduct any political programme. I just wanted to meet the party workers and their families," he added.</p>.<p>BJP's national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said it was shameful and a matter of concern that a Union minister was "attacked" in West Bengal.</p>.<p>"This is a regular affair in the state where opposition workers are attacked and killed by the TMC regime," he alleged.</p>.<p>TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, "We don't know what happened there, so it won't be right to comment just on news reports. But, I don't think the TMC is in any way involved in it. It must be due to infighting between the newcomers and old-timers of the BJP," Ghosh said.</p>.<p>Last week, North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha, a veteran politician of Cooch Behar, had purportedly asked TMC workers to wrench off the moustache and beard of Pramanik after ensuring a massive win for the party in the 2024 Lok Sabha poll.</p>.<p>Asked about the attack, Guha said, "No such incident has taken place in that area." </p>