BJP-Trinamool clashes erupt over bike rally

Kolkata Clashes broke out on Friday between workers of the states ruling Trinamool Congress and activists of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morchas Bengal unit ahead of the latter trying to take out a Protirodh Sankalp Abhiyan bike rally in the city According to leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP of which BJYM is the youth wing the first incident took place near Binani Bhawan in Pathuriaghata Street in central Kolkata and the second outside state party headquartersThey alleged that some Trinamool workers hurled stones at the BJP members and also attacked them with sticksBut denying the allegations the ruling party in the state accused BJP workers of indulging in vandalismTrinamool workers attacked our workers at several places when they were all set to take out our scheduled bike rally after getting the Calcutta High Courts order on Thursday state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh told reportersFirst they attacked our workers at Binani Bhawan and later they assaulted our workers outside the partys state headquarters Despite having the court order we are not being allowed to take out the bike rally he said and demanded imposition of Presidents Rule in the stateGhosh launched a sitin demonstration in front of Gandhi Statue in the city to protest the Trinamool highhandedness and said he would meet Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi to apprise him of the incident and demand Presidents Rule in West BengalBJP leader Mukul Roy said The opposition is not allowed to exercise its rights and has been continuously coming under the attack of ruling party workersAccording to him there was no democracy in West Bengal and it had been proved again and againTaking a dig at the proHindutva party Trinamool Congress leader and state Minister Subrata Mukherjee alleged that the BJPs programmes were provocativeThe state government had never said that they would not be allowed to take out the rally The state did not give permission for such a rally in view of the Gangasagar Mela fair They can organise such rallies later and we have no issue Their programmes are provocative he saidAnother state Minister Shashi Panja said the BJP wanted to hijack the birth anniversary celebrations of Swami Vivekananda and was indulging in politics over itBJP workers destroyed public property and beat up local people They have used the occasion of the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda to indulge in hooliganism They brought their workers from outside to create tension here she saidThe vehicle of the special officer Ravi Shankar Dutta who was appointed by the Calcutta High Court to monitor BJPs bike rally was also damagedThe BJP Yuva Morcha had decided to take out a bike rally across the state from January 11 to 18 as part of its Pratirodh Sankalp AbhiyanHowever the police did not allow them following which the BJP moved the Calcutta High Court The court has granted the party permission to organise the rally with certain conditionsCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news current affairs from Mumbai local news crime news and breaking headlines hereCatch up on all the latest Mumbai National and International news hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the goThe contentreporting displayed on our website wwwmiddaycom is provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE by us from third party agencies sources without any verification from our side It may contain error bugs and other limitations The readers can rely on the content at their own will Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability data text images video messages or any other material whatsoever or for any claimslossaction that the reader may suffer as a result of relying on the content on our site Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever