West Bengal BJP leaders taken into custody for protests, released
The Hindu
Khela Hobe Dibas is the trigger for tension
Scores of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters along with State president Dilip Ghosh and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari were taken into custody on August 16 when they protested against the State government plans of “Khela Hobe Dibas (Day to observe game is on slogan)”. The BJP leadership observed “Poschim Bongo Bachao Divas (Save West Bengal Day)”. The Kolkata police claimed that the BJP leaders were taken into preventive custody for assembling at Rani Rasmoni Avenue and Mayo Road in violation of the Disaster Management Act due to the COVID-19 restrictions. President of the BJP Yuva Morcha and MP Saumitra Khan, former Union Minister and MP Deboshree Chowdhury, footballer and BJP leader Kalyan Choubey and Mina Devi Purohit were also detained.
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