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Kolkata January 18 dmanewsdesk: Stones were hurled at a BJP roadshow in Kolkata today hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s rally at Nandigram. Bottles were heard from rooftops and reports said some people carrying Trinamool Congress flags also were heard shouting “go back” slogans.

A huge police force has been deployed near south Kolkata’s Mudiali area — located near the home of the Chief Minister — to maintain calm.

The BJP, confident after its performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls where it won 18 of the state’s 42 seats, was holding a ”Paribartan Yatras” today.

The state’s ruling Trinamool Congress has been toe to toe with the BJP and political tension has been rising in the city as the state elections inch closer. Elections to the 294-member assembly are due in April-May.

Over the last months, there have been multiple instances of political violence for which the two parties have blamed each other.  State BJP chief Dilip Ghosh’s car has been attacked twice, for which he has blamed the Trinamool Congress. In July last year, the BJP had issued a list of more than 100 namesm which it said were of its workers killed by the Trinamool Congress.