Violence throughout ‘Nabanna Chalo’: Four arrested to date, BJP accuses Mamata authorities of ‘curbing’ democracy in Bengal
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KOLKATA: At least 4 folks have been arrested on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a police officer and setting a police automobile on hearth in Kolkata through the BJP’s rally, an official stated.
The arrests have been made throughout night-long raids in Beliaghata, Topsia and Bowbazar areas, he stated.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Debajit Chattopadhyay was chased and assaulted with sticks by some folks within the Bowbazar space through the BJP’s ‘March to Nabanna’ rally on Tuesday.
A police automobile was additionally torched close to the Kolkata Police headquarters Lalbazar.
“The raids are still going on,” stated an officer of Kolkata Police on Wednesday afternoon. The 4 arrested individuals have been recognized from video clips of the 2 incidents,” he stated.
They have been booked underneath sections coping with try and homicide, destruction of presidency property and stopping public servant from performing obligation, the officer stated.
Chattopadhyay suffered a number of fractures and is at current present process remedy at a hospital, he stated.
BJP’s nationwide vice-president Dilip Ghosh stated the assaults have been the handwork of TMC supporters who obtained into the rally.
“Our activists are being framed and false charges slapped against them,” he alleged.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra stated what if the West Bengal authorities follows the Uttar Pradesh “model” and “send bulldozers to homes of BJP workers who destroyed public property”.
The BJP on Wednesday alleged that West Bengal has turn out to be a “lawless” and “bankrupt” state underneath the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led authorities.
A day after BJP staff and police clashed after cops prevented them from marching in direction of the secretariat within the state capital throughout their protests, the social gathering hit out at Banerjee for inflicting “police torture” on its members to suppress their voice.
The BJP had launched a protest march towards the ruling Trinamool Congress’ alleged corrupt practises.
Former Union minister and BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed Banerjee, saying she speaks of saving democracy exterior the state whereas crossing all limits to curb folks’s democratic and civil rights inside Bengal.
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Suggesting that intra-party rivalry inside the TMC could also be behind using power towards BJP members, he stated the chief minister’s conduct has been “contrary” to her political evolution, noting her rise from the grassroots and lengthy wrestle towards the sooner Left rule.
Is the struggle for succession happening within the TMC, he requested, hinting concerning the reported variations between the chief minister and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee with out naming the second strongest chief within the regional social gathering.
She has now left the Left behind in inflicting atrocities and brutalities on the BJP, he claimed, asserting that the TMC can not cease his social gathering’s march within the state.
“Under Mamata Banerjee West Bengal has become a lawless and bankrupt state,” Prasad stated.
Parts of Kolkata and Howrah district became a battlefield on Tuesday as BJP supporters clashed with the police whereas attempting to get previous barricades erected to forestall them from marching in direction of the West Bengal secretariat ‘Nabanna’.
While the BJP alleged that the Mamata Banerjee authorities doesn’t need to give house to opposition events, the TMC described the saffron camp staff as “hooligans”.
At the BJP press convention, Prasad additionally took goal at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the spree of firing in Begusarai on Tuesday and the remark of the state agriculture minister that his division was filled with “thieves” and he was their “sardaar” (chief).
“What has happened to you Nitish Kumar ji in the company of your new friends,” the Patna Sahib MP stated.
Kumar had just lately damaged his social gathering Janata Dal (United) ties with the BJP and joined palms the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Prasad alleged that the RJD’s basis is predicated on “mafia, corrupt people and corruption” and questioned how lengthy the state authorities will final.
KOLKATA: At least 4 folks have been arrested on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a police officer and setting a police automobile on hearth in Kolkata through the BJP’s rally, an official stated.
The arrests have been made throughout night-long raids in Beliaghata, Topsia and Bowbazar areas, he stated.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Debajit Chattopadhyay was chased and assaulted with sticks by some folks within the Bowbazar space through the BJP’s ‘March to Nabanna’ rally on Tuesday.
A police automobile was additionally torched close to the Kolkata Police headquarters Lalbazar.
“The raids are still going on,” stated an officer of Kolkata Police on Wednesday afternoon. The 4 arrested individuals have been recognized from video clips of the 2 incidents,” he stated.
They have been booked underneath sections coping with try and homicide, destruction of presidency property and stopping public servant from performing obligation, the officer stated.
Chattopadhyay suffered a number of fractures and is at current present process remedy at a hospital, he stated.
BJP’s nationwide vice-president Dilip Ghosh stated the assaults have been the handwork of TMC supporters who obtained into the rally.
“Our activists are being framed and false charges slapped against them,” he alleged.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra stated what if the West Bengal authorities follows the Uttar Pradesh “model” and “send bulldozers to homes of BJP workers who destroyed public property”.
The BJP on Wednesday alleged that West Bengal has turn out to be a “lawless” and “bankrupt” state underneath the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led authorities.
A day after BJP staff and police clashed after cops prevented them from marching in direction of the secretariat within the state capital throughout their protests, the social gathering hit out at Banerjee for inflicting “police torture” on its members to suppress their voice.
The BJP had launched a protest march towards the ruling Trinamool Congress’ alleged corrupt practises.
Former Union minister and BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed Banerjee, saying she speaks of saving democracy exterior the state whereas crossing all limits to curb folks’s democratic and civil rights inside Bengal.
ALSO READ | NCW seeks motion towards male officers of Kolkata Police who ‘assaulted’ girl BJP chief
Suggesting that intra-party rivalry inside the TMC could also be behind using power towards BJP members, he stated the chief minister’s conduct has been “contrary” to her political evolution, noting her rise from the grassroots and lengthy wrestle towards the sooner Left rule.
Is the struggle for succession happening within the TMC, he requested, hinting concerning the reported variations between the chief minister and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee with out naming the second strongest chief within the regional social gathering.
She has now left the Left behind in inflicting atrocities and brutalities on the BJP, he claimed, asserting that the TMC can not cease his social gathering’s march within the state.
“Under Mamata Banerjee West Bengal has become a lawless and bankrupt state,” Prasad stated.
Parts of Kolkata and Howrah district became a battlefield on Tuesday as BJP supporters clashed with the police whereas attempting to get previous barricades erected to forestall them from marching in direction of the West Bengal secretariat ‘Nabanna’.
While the BJP alleged that the Mamata Banerjee authorities doesn’t need to give house to opposition events, the TMC described the saffron camp staff as “hooligans”.
At the BJP press convention, Prasad additionally took goal at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the spree of firing in Begusarai on Tuesday and the remark of the state agriculture minister that his division was filled with “thieves” and he was their “sardaar” (chief).
“What has happened to you Nitish Kumar ji in the company of your new friends,” the Patna Sahib MP stated.
Kumar had just lately damaged his social gathering Janata Dal (United) ties with the BJP and joined palms the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Prasad alleged that the RJD’s basis is predicated on “mafia, corrupt people and corruption” and questioned how lengthy the state authorities will final.
