Suvendhu Adhikari is the chief of opposition within the state meeting
Kolkata:
A number of BJP leaders in West Bengal, together with Chief of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, have been detained by the police at present when they have been marching to state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ in Kolkata, as a part of an enormous protest over alleged corruption by the ruling Trinamool Congress authorities.
Suvendu Adhikari, BJP MP Locket Chatterjee and different get together leaders, together with Rahul Sinha, have been stopped by the police as they approached the Second Hooghly Bridge close to the secretariat, and brought away in a jail van.
The police used tear fuel and water cannons to disperse the protesters close to the Howrah bridge as they clashed with safety officers. A police automotive was additionally set on hearth. A number of BJP staff have been detained by the police following the clashes.
Get together staff have been taken into preventive custody in Raniganj as effectively.
A whole lot of BJP supporters from throughout West Bengal arrived in Kolkata and neighbouring Howrah this morning to participate within the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ or march to secretariat.
Whereas being dragged away by the police, Mr Adhikari stated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has “turned West Bengal into North Korea”.
“Chief Minister Mamata doesn’t have the assist of her folks and so she is implementing dictatorship, just like North Korea, in Bengal. The police must pay for what it’s doing. The BJP is coming,” he stated.
Mr Adhikari was main the march from the Santragachi space, whereas BJP nationwide vice-president Dilip Ghosh was main the protest from north Kolkata.
“The TMC authorities is fearful of a public rebellion. Even when they attempt to cease our protest march, we’ll resist peacefully. The state administration can be chargeable for any untoward growth,” Mr Ghosh had stated earlier at present.
Rahul Sinha accused the Mamata Banerjee authorities of making an attempt to forcibly cease the “democratic protest” by his get together.
He alleged that the BJP supporters have been prevented from boarding a particular prepare from Alipurduar to Sealdah final night to participate within the protest march. “They have been additionally lathicharged by the state police,” he alleged.
The BJP had organized seven trains — three from north Bengal and 4 from the south — for supporters to participate within the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’.
Buses carrying BJP staff to Kolkata have been additionally stopped by the police in North 24 Parganas, get together sources stated.
