Bhabanipur bypoll: BJP Bengal chief Sukanta Majumdar claims stopped from campaigning near CM Mamata Banerjee's house

West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar claimed that they were stopped from campaigning on Harish Chatterjee Street that leads to the residence of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. 

New Delhi: Amid upcoming Bhabanipur by-election in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday (September 22) said that the Kolkata police did not allow its workers to campaign in the area near Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence.

Newly-appointed West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar claimed that they were stopped from campaigning on Harish Chatterjee Street that leads to the residence of Banerjee. BJP has fielded advocate and leader Priyanka Tibrewal from Bhabanipur constituency in the September 30 bypolls where she will contest against CM Mamata Banerjee.

Majumdar claimed the Kolkata police prevented BJP from campaigning as the ruling TMC was in fear of losing the upcoming bypoll, PTI reported. "The TMC has got afraid and is not allowing the BJP to campaign, but the people will break the barricades," the state BJP chief told reporters.