Temporary security sheds and illegal structures on the public footpath outside TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Kolkata residence were demolished by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation following a police request to clear the area for pedestrian movement, days after political clashes occurred outside the property.

Temporary security sheds and illegal structures on the public footpath outside TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Kolkata residence were demolished by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation following a police request to clear the area for pedestrian movement, days after political clashes occurred outside the property.

Temporary security sheds and illegal structures on the public footpath outside TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Kolkata residence were demolished by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation following a police request to clear the area for pedestrian movement, days after political clashes occurred outside the property.

Less than a week after a midnight ruckus erupted outside All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader Abhishek Banerjee’s house, several temporary sheds in the area were brought down on Thursday morning. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials were present when a bulldozer was used to remove the sheds outside the MP's house.

The gates outside the house, which stood on the footpath within public space, were also broken down. CCTV cameras mounted on poles outside Abhishek’s house, which were part of public property, were also brought down.

A notice was served to Abhishek on Wednesday regarding the illegal structures in public space. The notice stated: “The Department surveyed the premises. It is found that there is a temporary bamboo structure with a tin shed above it is set up on the footpath. It was erected on the footpath so long before for the security personnel of VVIP under the control of Director of Security and still it is used by security personnel.”

The notice further read: “However, now Assistant Commissioner of Police (III) & Adm. South Division, Kolkata has requested to KMC for removal of said structure for free movement of pedestrians at the earliest.”

Meanwhile, the Trainamool leader reacted to the development on X. “No number of bulldozers can silence my voice or break my resolve. I will continue my fight against the Bangla Birodhis. I will neither retreat nor budge an inch until my last breath,” he wrote on Thursday morning.

On the intervening night of November 7 and 8, when the MP was celebrating his birthday, clashes broke out between TMC and BJP workers outside the MP’s house, leading to Abhishek questioning the security outside his residence and saying that he is being targeted. Abhishek and Mamata Banerjee vowed to continue fighting against atrocities by the BJP.

Notices have been served to the MP by the KMC in the past regarding his property, and by the police in various cases.

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