India, Oct. 7 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday alleged that party MLA Manoj Oraon was assaulted by Trinamool Congress workers at a village in his Kumargram constituency in flood-hit Alipurduar district, a claim that comes a day after the BJP's Malda North Lok Sabha MP Khagen Murmu was hospitalised after being attacked in Jalpaiguri district.

Oraon told reporters in Alipurduar that local TMC leaders were behind the attack on him.

Some videos circulating on social media showed central paramilitary personnel escorting Oraon out of an area, using batons to chase away the villagers.

In Kolkata, BJP Bengal unit president Samik Bhattacharya insisted that the BJP leaders were trying to distribute relief material. "Jihadis protected by ...