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| Unrest west bengal demanding chief minister to step down. |
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a 12-hour general strike in West Bengal on Wednesday to protest police action on participants of the march to the state secretariat.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari earlier today alleged that police resorted to "brutal repression" on peaceful participants of 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally and had threatened to stall West Bengal if the "brutalities" by state administration was not stopped.
Police are using water cannon on peaceful protestors at Santragachi, burst tear gas shells on the students at Howrah Bridge, lathicharged them at College Street. Please stop these brutalities immediately," the senior BJP leader told reporters.
Adhikari said over 8,000 policemen were deployed by Kolkata Police to prevent peaceful students from demanding justice on road.
The organiser of the march Chhatra Samaj has said no BJP leader or leader of any other political party will be in the forefront of their apolitical protest rally demanding ouster of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her alleged failure to ensure safety of women.
The organiser of the march Chhatra Samaj has said no BJP leader or leader of any other political party will be in the forefront of their apolitical protest rally demanding ouster of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her alleged failure to ensure safety of women.
