Bengal: Activists, Including Those Mamata Jailed Under UAPA, Say BJP Is âPrincipal Dangerâ
A group of civil society persons, including artists, scholars, human rights and cultural activists, have launched a campaign called âNo vote to BJPâ.
A BJP campaign rally in West Bengal. Photo: Twitter/@BJP4Bengal
Politics07/Jan/2021
Kolkata: Sharmistha Choudhury spent more than six months in jail after the Mamata Banerjee government charged her under sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for her participation in the land agitation in Bhangar near Kolkata. Sankar Das, another senior organiser of the movement, was also charged under sections of the UAPA and spent three and a half months in jail in 2017 and another two months in connection with another case in 2018.