BJP Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee was allegedly stopped from participating in Hanuman Jayanti at Bansberia in Hooghly.
“The police are saying that I am an outsider. How can I be an outsider when I am the MP here? It is the duty of the state government to look into law and order. The police unnecessarily restricted me,” said Locket.
After being stopped from participating in Hanuman Jayanti Shobhayatra, Locket along with other party supporters staged a sit-in demonstration and chanted ‘Hanuman Chalisa’.
War of words were seen between police and an organizer after they were carrying weapons at a procession at Bansberia.
Central forces deployed in several parts of Kolkata
On another occasion BJP leader Priyanka Tibrewal also stopped from Rishra where there were incidents of violence during Ram Navami Shobhayatra.
On the other hand, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari who took part in the religious celebrations at several places said that he didn’t participate in the programmes as Leader of Opposition or as a politician but as a believer in ‘Sanatan Dharma’.
“I took part in the procession as a nationalist and as a Sanatan, not as a BJP MLA. The procession is peaceful. Those who thought of disrupting the rallies, people of Bengal didn’t fall in the trap,” said Adhikari.
Apart from participating in a programme at Nandigram, Kolaghat, Adhikari took part in a Shobhayatra at Howrah and offered puja at a Ram temple.
It may be noted that following Calcutta High Court’s verdict that the state can seek assistance of central forces to curb incidents of violences in the state during Hanuman Jayanti, the state had deployed three companies of central forces which were deployed at Kolkata, Hooghly and Barrackpore.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose took to streets earlier this day to take stock of the law and order situation.
“Jhanda Uncha Rahe Hamara. People of Bengal will get back the lost glory. Disharmony will go. This Hanuman Jayanti is dedicated to peace and harmony,” said Bose.
LoP Adhikari claimed that Bose should make such ‘sudden’ visits in the state often to see the ‘real’ condition.
