Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was on Tuesday caught in a controversy after a remark he made during the ‘Nabanna Chalo’ protest march in Kolkata was played up by the Trinamool Congress. Adhikari, who was among the BJP leaders detained by the city police, was seen resisting the arrest and telling a female officer: “Don’t touch my body. You are lady, I am male.”
The video had already caught the attention of social media users, before it was shared by the TMC on their official Twitter handle. However, the Mamata Banerjee-led party put a spin on it amid an ongoing blame game between the two parties. “BJP’s 56-inch chest model BUSTED! Proclamation of the day: ‘Don’t touch my body. I am male!’” the TMC tweeted.
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The Kolkata Police detained several BJP leaders including Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, Rahul Sinha and MP Locket Chatterjee from Hastings in Kolkata while they were trying to visit Santragachi during the massive protest march to state secretariat ‘Nabanna’. The police also arrested state BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar during the protest. The detained leaders were taken to the police headquarters in Lalbazar.
A riot-like situation has unfurled in Kolkata as thousands of BJP workers took to the streets to protest against the alleged corruption by the ruling Trinamool Congress government. A police vehicle was torched amid clashes between the protesters and the cops.
The police also had to resort to using tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters near the Howrah bridge.
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Videos: Clashes during BJP’s march, supporters use boat to reach Nabanna
BJP supporters from across West Bengal arrived in Kolkata and neighbouring Howrah on Tuesday to take part in the saffron party’s ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ (march to secretariat)- one of the party’s biggest campaigns since its 2021 poll defeat – to protest against alleged corrupt practices of the Trinamool Congress government. Traffic restrictions have been put in place along several key stretches of the city, reported PTI quoting police. State BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar was also arrested.
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