Kolkata: The police has arrested BJP workers for protesting against the alleged attack on their party’s state chief Dilip Ghosh.
“The goons have attacked our leader Dilip Ghosh. Mamata Banerjee is afraid and that is why she is letting her goons attack the workers and leaders of the opposition. We demand the immediate arrest of the people involved in the attacks,” a BJP leader told news agency ANI.
The protestors raised slogans, “Down with Mamata Banerjee”, ” Down with Kolkata police” and “Vande Mataram”.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) goons had attacked BJP MP Dilip Ghosh and BJP workers at Lake Town on Friday when he was out for the morning walk and to participate in the ‘Chai Pe Charcha’ program with the residents of the area.
The Siliguri police have arrested 24 BJP workers, including three women, participating in the protest on Friday.