India, Nov. 12 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) said it demolished a makeshift shade in front of Mamata All India Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's residence on Kalighat Road in south Kolkata on Thursday morning, while the party claimed that its workers had started dismantling it the previous night.

Police said that cops, central forces and a bulldozer reached the spot early in the morning. The shade, which was set up in front of Banerjee's residence at 121 Kalighat Road when the party was in power in the state, was demolished.

"The shade was blocking the footpath. Local residents and passersby were not able to use the footpath. A bulldozer was used to dismantle it. Cutters were used to remove an iron gate, which was r...