KolkataAttackers hit Abhishek Banerjee’s home for 5 hours, he says.
The Trinamool lawmaker calls it the seventh attempt on his life in six months.
He says Bharatiya Janata Party supporters attacked at 2 am while police stood by or were beaten when they intervened.
“How many bulldozers do you have? Come, I am standing right in front of you,” former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.
Mamata says she may approach the Supreme Court over what she calls lawlessness in West Bengal.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 90+ reports worldwide
- India TV News leans critical
- puts Banerjee's 'run the bulldozer over my body' challenge at the centre and ties it to revoked Kali Puja permissions
- The Times of India leans critical
- links the alleged attack to Trinamool's INDIA-bloc alliance and floats a Supreme Court challenge over 'lawlessness'
Sources: India TV News, The Times of India