India, Sept. 17 -- TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday alleged that BJP workers threw eggs at her in the presence of police personnel during a protest in West Bengal's Nadia district, and claimed she "faced them as a freedom fighter faced bullets", in reference to a recent Supreme Court observation.

Moitra, a two-term MP from the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency, alleged that seven to 10 BJP workers, including the local Mandal president and the president and vice-president of the panchayat samiti, entered the area where her programme was being held and began throwing eggs at her.

In an X post, Moitra invoked a recent Supreme Court observation, saying, "Big shout out to Hon'ble Justice Dipankar Datta! My Lord - I came to my constituency ...