“All policemen are busy with Mamata Banerjee’s rally scheduled in Malda today. Very few police officials have been deputed for this ceremony,” a senior Congress leader said, referring to the flag transfer ceremony where Bihar state president Akhilesh Singh transferred the flag to West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

As the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered West Bengal again from Bihar’s Katihar, Gandhi stayed on the rooftop of a bus where the flag transfer ceremony took place. “During the flag transfer ceremony, a huge crowd surged behind Rahul Gandhi’s car. Due to pressure, the back glass of Rahul Gandhi’s black Toyota broke,” a local policeman said.

“West Bengal administration did not cooperate with us. I don’t know whether the glass broke or was broken,” Chowdhury said after the incident.

“Rahul Gandhi’s yatra is going through all these states like Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar, West Bengal where Congress is not in government. Somewhere Rahul’s poster was torn, somewhere he was stopped, somewhere his car glass broke. One thing is clear whatever may happen, the yatra will not stop. It will continue,” Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh said.

Earlier, the West Bengal administration had denied permission to Rahul Gandhi to stay at Bhaluka Irrigation Bungalow of Malda district. The Congress subsequently changed the Yatra schedule.