TMC MP Mahua Moitra says eggs thrown at her again by alleged BJP workers in Krishnanagar

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party workers threw eggs at her again during a meeting she was attending in West Bengal’s Krishnanagar.

In a video she shared on social media, eggshells could be seen entangled in her hair. She alleged that the incident took place despite police personnel being present.

Moitra said that she was “facing eggs, just like she was told” to.

Big shout out to Hon’ble Justice Dipankar Datta ! MiLord - I came to my constituency for a mtng informing @WBPolice & BJP workers with their help pelted eggs on me. True to your advice I faced them as a freedom fighter faced bullets. pic.twitter.com/CxO3ApzjPL— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) September 16, 2026

The MP was referring to a comment made by Supreme Court Justice Dipankar Datta in August while hearing her petition to appear virtually before the police citing incidents of eggs being thrown at her in her constituency.

During the hearing, Datta asked Moitra: “Having taken the plunge into politics, you fear eggs? When our freedom fighters have taken bullets on their chest?”

The case pertained to a remark she had made after women workers of the BJP had allegedly gathered outside a court in Krishnanagar with eggs and tomatoes ahead of Moitra’s scheduled appearance in a case on June...

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