West Bengal BJP calls for 12-hour bandh on Monday to protest against rigging violence during civic polls
Kolkata Feb 27 PTI The BJP has given a call for a 12-hour bandh in West Bengal on Monday in protest against alleged rigging and attacks on opposition party members by ruling Trinamool Congress goons during elections to 108 municipalities across the stateBJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya told reporters here that the shutdown from 6 am to 6 pm will exempt essential services like healthcare milk supply and mediaWhat happened today was not polling but a mockery of democracy The elections have been reduced to a farce by the ruling party miscreants in almost every municipality in South and North BengalSeveral of our agents and candidates were beaten up but the State Election Commission turned a blind eye Bhattacharya allegedEven voters and journalists were roughed up he claimedThe BJP leader said party workers will hit the streets on Monday and urge people to observe the bandhOur MPs Arjun Singh Sukanta Majumdar and Dilip Ghosh were not allowed to move around there is total lawlessness and the constitutional machinery has collapsed In such a situation we were forced to call for a bandh Bhattacharya said PTI SUS RBT RBT
Kolkata Feb 27 PTI The BJP has given a call for a 12-hour bandh in West Bengal on Monday in protest against alleged rigging and attacks on opposition party members by ruling Trinamool Congress goons during elections to 108 municipalities across the stateBJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya told reporters here that the shutdown from 6 am to 6 pm will exempt essential services like healthcare milk supply and mediaWhat happened today was not polling but a mockery of democracy The elections have been reduced to a farce by the ruling party miscreants in almost every municipality in South and North BengalSeveral of our agents and candidates were beaten up but the State Election Commission turned a blind eye Bhattacharya allegedEven voters and journalists were roughed up he claimedThe BJP leader said party workers will hit the streets on Monday and urge people to observe the bandhOur MPs Arjun Singh Sukanta Majumdar and Dilip Ghosh were not allowed to move around there is total lawlessness and the constitutional machinery has collapsed In such a situation we were forced to call for a bandh Bhattacharya said PTI SUS RBT RBT
