Bengaluru, May 31 -- Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain on Sunday condemned the alleged attack on Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, calling the violence in West Bengal "shameful".

Speaking to ANI, Hussain said, "Whatever is happening in West Bengal after the elections is shameful and secondly, this Congress party condemns all these types of incidents. Our leader, Rahul Gandhi, spoke to him and promised to support him. We have never done such a thing. We all have to condemn it together...We condemn it."

His remark came after Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was allegedly attacked with bricks, stones, and eggs during his visit to Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district a day earlier.

He had ...