Police personnel were seen trying to douse the fire with buckets filled with water.Contingents of Kolkata Police deployed for the roadshow swung into action and were seen chasing away the warring groups. They tore papers, ransacked the offices and union rooms and while leaving desecrated the bust of Vidyasagar. Police, however, swiftly brought the situation under control.Before the clashing mobs took over the streets of central Kolkata, Shah led a saffron surge in parts of the city as chants of 'Jai Shri Ram, Jai Jai Shri Ram' alternated with frenzied chorus of 'Modi! "No democracy exists in Bengal," Pradhan said, adding the people of the state were with Narendra Modi. "You (the TMC and Mamata Banerjee) are scared of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah.

Source: Economic Times May 14, 2019 14:11 UTC