'Nabanna Cholo' Protest: BJP Claims 1,235 Workers Arrested, 3 Critically Injured; HC Directs Police to Not Illegally Detain Any Person

Amid the ongoing political slugfest between the BJP and the ruling TMC government in West Bengal, several Bharatiya Janata Party workers clashed with the police during a protest march to the state secretariat called the ‘Nabanna Cholo’ rally. • Police detain BJP leaders including Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, Rahul Sinha and MP Locket Chatterjee from Hastings in Kolkata ahead of BJP’s Nabanna Chalo march. #WATCH | West Bengal: Police detain BJP leaders including Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, Rahul Sinha and MP Locket Chatterjee from Hastings in Kolkata ahead of BJP’s Nabanna Chalo march Leaders taken to Kolkata Police headquarters in Lalbazar pic.twitter.com/aPgJm7q6Dn — ANI September 13, 2022 • “CM Mamata doesn’t have the support of her people & so she is enforcing dictatorship, similar to North Korea in Bengal… Police will have to pay for what it’s been doing since yesterday, BJP is coming,” Adhikari said ahead of the ‘Nabanna Chalo’ march. They are trampling upon the Fundamental Rights of citizens ensured by Article 19 of The Constitution Of India: # to assemble peaceably # to move freely throughout the territory of India People are resisting spontaneously.#CholoNobanno pic.twitter.com/U4gGufF1ie — Suvendu Adhikari • শুভেন্দু অধিকারী September 13, 2022 Meanwhile, the police have sealed the Bengal secretariat in view of BJP’s Nabanna Cholo mega protest march against the ruling TMC government of the state. • Scores of BJP workers were seen thronging the Kanthi railway station to take part in the Nabanna Cholo protest march while massive police deployment was • Extending support to the Nabanno Cholo rally, BJP leader Amit Malviya said that “a fearful Mamata Banerjee, in order to stop few lakh people from reaching Nobanno, has ensured barricading across WB, ensuring that the whole State comes to a grinding halt ”.