Bhabanipur bypoll: CPI(M)-police scuffle after campaigning stopped near Mamata’s house

BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal was also stopped from campaigning in the area last week.

The CPI(M)’s Bhabanipur bypoll candidate Srijib Biswas got engaged in a scuffle with the police on Sunday after he was stopped from campaigning on the road that leads to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence.

Senior CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty, who was accompanying Mr. Biswas, said they have every right to campaign among the voters of the area but were being unlawfully prevented by the police.

As the CPI(M) leaders and supporters argued that they have the necessary permission, the police said that the candidate and four others can only enter the road together as per the rules.