A group of BJP workers opposing the Lok Sabha candidature of sitting MP Shatrughan Sinha from the Patna Sahib seat, were beaten up by another group of party workers on Thursday, police said.
Supporters and opponents of the actor-turned-politician, popularly known as "Bihari Babu", clashed in front of the state Bharatiya Janata Party office on Bir Chand Patel Marg in Bihar.
Police said that some members of the BJP Yuva Morcha shouted slogans against the candidature of Sinha from Patna Sahib and said, they will oppose him and show him black flags.
Another group of BJP workers came out of the party office and beat up some of the protestors, a police official said. Some BJP leaders said there was resentment among party workers after it fielded Sinha, who rarely visits the constituency.
"Not only party workers, the majority of people in Patna are not happy with Shatrughan Sinha," a BJP leader said.
Meanwhile, for the first time after he was declared the party candidate from Patna Sahib, Sinha along with his wife Poonam Sinha and his son Luv Sinha arrived in Patna, on Thursday.
He told the media there were no differences within the party over his candidature. "I am thankful to the central party leadership and state party leadership for naming me as the candidate once again," he added.
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