Via PTI
KOLKATA: West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday held a sit-in ahead of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi right here protesting in opposition to the alleged failure of the West Bengal executive to include violence in Howrah district.
The Gandhi statue on the Mayo Street-Dufferin Street crossing in central Kolkata has been witness to a lot of protests.
Majumdar, who began his agitation round midday, additionally flayed the alleged try of the TMC-run executive to forestall opposition leaders from assembly other people, hit by means of the hot violence.
Popular violence broke out in Howrah district on Friday over inflammatory feedback by means of now-suspended BJP functionaries Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal.
The BJP chief alleged that the police had no longer taken urged motion to stop the violence from spiralling in Panchla, Uluberia, Dhulagarh in Howrah district, and Beldanga in Murshidabad district on the outset.
Majumdar and his supporters have been arrested on Saturday whilst seeking to seek advice from Howrah district the place a number of saffron birthday party places of work have been attacked, because the district used to be underneath prohibitory orders and gatherings of 5 or extra other people have been banned there.
The BJP chief and his partners have been, then again, later launched.
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh instructed newshounds, “The BJP has no ethical proper to speak at the factor because the feedback of Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal induced the outrage and harm the feelings of other people of a selected neighborhood and reduced the picture of the rustic in a foreign country.”
Top drama used to be witnessed at Tamluk in Purba Medinipur district on Sunday afternoon as West Bengal Chief of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari used to be averted by means of police from visiting violence-hit spaces in Howrah.
He used to be later allowed to continue after a two-hour-long stand-off at the situation that he would cross immediately to Kolkata, with out making any pit forestall in violence-hit spaces in adjacent Howrah district.
Adhikari mentioned he would transfer the courtroom on Monday over being averted from visiting the spaces suffering from violent protests over arguable remarks on Prophet Mohammad by means of now suspended BJP spokespersons.
Police claimed combating him from travelling to Howrah used to be a “precautionary measure” as prohibitory orders underneath Phase 144 of CrPC were clamped in lots of spaces within the district and his seek advice from could have led to legislation and order issues.
Adhikari used to be shifting together with his safety entourage when he used to be stopped by means of an enormous police staff at Radharani Extra in Tamluk.
He used to be no longer accompanied by means of another BJP chief.
“We’ve got gained knowledge that Adhikari used to be making plans to seek advice from Howrah district, in portions of which Phase 144 of CrPC has been imposed. So, as a precautionary measure, we needed to save you him from going there as his seek advice from could have led to a legislation and order drawback,” a senior police officer instructed PTI.
Adhikari remained seated within the car, claiming he had no aim of visiting Howrah.
He used to be additionally reluctant to go back to his fatherland Kanthi in Purba Medinipur district from the place he had began.
He engaged in heated arguments with cops provide on the spot, declaring that he sought after to have lunch and take relaxation at a visitor space in Kolaghat in Purba Medinipur district, ahead of continuing to Kolkata.
“I’ve been unlawfully obstructed by means of @WBPolice on NH 116 at Radhamoni underneath Tamluk PS. @MedinipurSp is there a Curfew in position in Purba Medinipur District or Phase 144 has been imposed? I’m shifting in opposition to Kolaghat for having lunch. How is it prohibited?” Adhikari mentioned in a sequence of tweets from the spot.
“I ponder why @WBPolice DGP @mmalaviya1 is the use of the Police group of workers to impede @BJP4Bengal management when the will of the hour is to deploy them throughout WB the place rioters are having a unfastened run destroying & looting public & non-public houses,” he added.
Adhikari mentioned he has a programme to wait at Indian Museum in Kolkata within the afternoon and meeting consultation will happen on Monday.
After this, police allowed him to continue however at the situation that he would possibly not make any pit forestall in spaces in Howrah district and cross immediately to Kolkata, finishing the two-hour-long stand-off.
Upon attaining Kolkata, Adhikari straightaway went to the website of birthday party colleague and state BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar’s sit-in demonstration in opposition to alleged failure of the Mamata Banerjee executive in containing violent incidents in Howrah.
“I didn’t get down from my car, even whilst passing by means of our gutted birthday party place of business in Uluberia. I presented by means of tributes with folded palms as the auto bogged down. We will be able to later purify it with Ganga water,” he mentioned.
Adhikari alleged that he used to be no longer handled in a right kind means and such remedy used to be by no means meted out to the then LoPs Pankaj Banerjee or Partha Chatterjee throughout the former Left Entrance rule.
He additionally alleged that Majumdar used to be averted from visiting Howrah on Saturday to “cover” torching of houses by means of a mob in Panchla.
Majumdar used to be arrested on Saturday afternoon when he used to be heading in opposition to Howrah district.
He used to be later launched.
In an obvious connection with Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew and TMC nationwide common secretary Abhishek Banerjee, Adhikari mentioned, “Most effective aunt and nephew are given safety by means of police within the state.”
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar additionally sought an replace from Leader Secretary H Okay Dwivedi over Adhikari no longer being allowed to seek advice from Howrah.
“Leader Secretary @chief_west has been referred to as to impact quick reaction to the verbal exchange despatched by means of Hon’ble Chief of Opposition. This in context of previous curtailment of his rights is irrelevant. Why have undeclared emergency!” the governor tweeted, sharing a picture of a letter previous written by means of Adhikari to Dwivedi urging the management to not save you him from visiting broken BJP birthday party places of work.
Within the letter, Adhikari wrote, “many BJP birthday party places of work in Howrah district were vandalised and because the LoP, I will be able to be visiting such vandalised places of work by myself. The query of violating Sec 144 of CrPC does no longer stand up. I will be able to hereby require your just right place of business to make sure It’s not that i am averted from visiting the vandalised birthday party places of work in Howrah.”
Ahead of leaving his house, Adhikari had mentioned he would transfer the courtroom on Monday if he used to be stopped from visiting vandalised BJP places of work in Howrah district.
His statement got here after Kanthi Police Station in Purba Medinipur district issued a letter asking him to not seek advice from Howrah as prohibitory orders are clamped in different spaces within the district.
The letter, issued by means of the officer-in-charge of Kanthi Police Station, said that worry over his safety used to be the principle explanation why for asking him to not seek advice from portions of Howrah district the place Phase 144 of CrPC has been imposed.
“I will be able to seek advice from our birthday party places of work in Howrah district that have been ransacked. Police have requested me to not seek advice from spaces the place Phase 144 of CrPC has been imposed. However I will be able to no longer violate prohibitory orders as I will be able to cross there by myself.”
“If I’m stopped by means of the police, I will be able to transfer the courtroom day after today (Monday). An LoP cannot be stopped from visiting a trouble-torn house,” Adhikari mentioned ahead of leaving his Kanthi place of dwelling.
“After striking BJP WB President Sukanta Majumdar underneath detention, Mamata Banerjee is now making sure that LoP Suvendu Adhikari isn’t ready to seek advice from Howrah, the place BJP places of work were gutted.
Her whole focal point is at the opposition, no longer on rampaging ‘Dudhel Gais’ (milch cows), as she calls them,” BJP’s West Bengal co-in fee Amit Malviya tweeted.
Reacting to the improvement, senior TMC chief Kunal Ghosh alleged that Adhikari sought after to seek advice from Howrah with the aim of fanning bother.
“What’s the want for visiting spaces the place Phase 144 of CrPC has been imposed? He sought after to seek advice from Howrah to create bother.
The BJP desires to smash the non violent setting within the state,” he mentioned.
State minister Sashi Panja mentioned that Adhikari will have to cooperate with the state management for upkeep of legislation and order.
“Prohibitory orders underneath Phase 144 of CrPC is already imposed within the spaces Adhikari sought after to seek advice from. He will have to no longer seek advice from the ones puts as it will reason bother,” she mentioned.
Protests erupted in different portions of Howrah district on Friday over arguable remarks by means of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled chief Naveen Jindal on Prophet Mohammad.
Agitators resorted to stone-pelting, environment police automobiles on fireplace and harmful public assets throughout violent protests and clashes with the legislation enforcers within the district.
Recent violent protests have been reported in Panchla on Saturday.
Prohibitory orders underneath Phase 144 of CrPC were clamped in different spaces of Howrah together with Uluberia, Panchla and Domjur until June 15 and web services and products were suspended in all the district until June 13 to stop the unfold of incorrect information.
A attorney has filed a criticism in opposition to suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma with the Contai police station, police mentioned right here on Sunday.
Abu Sohel, who said that he’s a attorney, filed the criticism thru an e mail dated June 11 to the inspector in command of Contai police station in Purba Medinipur district.
He sought that an FIR be registered in opposition to Sharma for her remarks.
A senior officer of Contai police station mentioned that the email has been gained.
Sharma who made an objectionable observation concerning the Prophet throughout a TV debate at the Gyanvapi controversy used to be suspended by means of the saffron birthday party after many Islamic international locations raised objections to it.