Union Minister and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar staged a protest rally at Baguiati Road in Kolkata during the 12-hour ‘Bengal Bandh’ called by the BJP in Bengal on Wednesday.
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During the protest, in the state capital Kolkata, the roads were not as busy as on weekday mornings with fewer buses, rickshaws and taxis. The number of private cars was very low, although markets and shops were open as before.
Schools and colleges remained open, but most private offices had curtailed attendance and were asked to work from home. Sukanta Majumdar spoke to the media and said that the protest has now become a people’s movement and their demand was the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
He said, “The police have become thugs of Mamata Banerjee. These thugs are attacking BJP workers.We are protesting for the youth. There is no work for the youth. Mamata Banerjee’s police are not allowing us to hold a peaceful protest in a democratic way. He is unable to maintain public order. Create hegemony in the state. She arrests BJP workers illegally. We continue our demonstration. This demonstration has become a popular movement. Our demand is we want resignation of CM Mamata Banerjee.
March in Nabanna
Meanwhile, in Asansol, BJP workers also staged protests on the railway tracks demanding justice for the woman doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. BJP leader Bappa Chatterjee told ANI: “The bandh was called for two reasons: the first is the RG Kar incident and the second is that yesterday the youth and students protested the to each other in Nabanna, but there is a continuous dictatorship in the state.”Neither Police administration nor the Health sector.”
At the beginning of the day, Sukanta Majumdar attended a demonstration in Baguiati. Police officers and other security forces wearing helmets were also present at the scene.
Majumdar told reporters that they will begin a seven-day dharna from August 29 after the Calcutta High Court gave permission. “The Calcutta High Court has given us permission to hold a seven-day dharna. We will start it from tomorrow. We welcome their decision. There is no democracy here, the police cannot stop firing, but only the BJP remains to protest. “Police can arrest BJP leaders but not the accused,” he told reporters.
The BJP has called for a ’12-hour Bengal Bandh’ after Kolkata Police resorted to lathi charge, use of water cannons and tear gas against protesters in the Nabnna Abhiyaan rally.
Former R.G Hospital director Sandip Ghosh membership got suspended by IMA
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has suspended the membership of Dr Sandip Ghosh, former director of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, amid a CBI probe into the rape and murder case.
The decision to suspend the IMA membership of Dr Ghosh, who is the vice-president of the association’s Kolkata branch, was taken by its disciplinary committee.
