A scuffle erupted between BJP supporters and the agitators when Ghosh, heading a party delegation, arrived at the venue in the evening where a Vijaya Sammelani of party workers was scheduled to be held. The BJP supporters were far outnumbered by the agitators, who beat them up. He said, "On the way my party supporters, who were with me, were brutally beaten up by the agitators." Ghosh claimed that the agitators were supporters of expelled Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Binay Tamang. A BJP leader said, "We want immediate arrest of the culprits.

Source: India Today October 05, 2017 17:03 UTC