BJP's Dilip Ghosh's Bengal Campaign Stopped Over Covid Rule Violation

BJP's Dilip Ghosh claimed that police was enforcing the rules only on the members of his party, and that just four people were accompanying him.

BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh was on Saturday stopped by the police from campaigning for his party candidate at a ward in Bidhannagar for allegedly flouting COVID-related code of conduct for municipal elections.

A police officer said Mr Ghosh was campaigning with more than 50 people in Jagatpur Bazar area in ward number 20 of Bidhannagar, in violation of State Election Commission's directions to limit the number of campaigners at a time to just five.

The officer also said Mr Ghosh had started an argument when pointed out about the norm violation.

The BJP leader, however, claimed that the police was enforcing SEC rules only on the members of his party. He also stated that just four people were accompanying him, and the rest were locals who had come to meet him.