Actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty s roadshow was cancelled in Kolkata today, prompting BJP workers to stage protests. Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty | Photo Credit: ANI
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers staged a protest near Parnasree Police station in Kolkata after actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty s roadshow was cancelled on Thursday.
Speaking on the same, Chakraborty said: I have done almost 37 campaigns today. I want to know the cause of cancelling the roadshow. Did you see anything coming from our side that could start violence? All of it is coming from that side. Where is the problem in law and order from our side?
Protesters said they will continue the agitation till 4 pm and now allow the administration to cancel the BJP roadshow.
EC should stop Mamata from campaigning for vitriolic and communal speeches: Supriyo
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Supriyo, one of most suave faces of the BJP in Bengal and the Lok Sabha MP from Asansol, rejected opposition claim of having been demoted after being fielded for the assembly election, and said he himself wanted to contest the poll against a formidable opposition and not a weak one .
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Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who is trying his luck from the Tollygunge assembly seat, feels Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should be barred from campaigning for making vitriolic and communal speeches and taking Bengal s political discourse to an all-time low .
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Mamata Banerjee has taken Bengal s political discourse to an ‘all-time low’, says the BJP candidate
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BJP candidate Babul Supriyo, contesting for Tollygunge seat, during his door-to-door election campaign for West Bengal assembly polls, in Kolkata.
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Mamata Banerjee has taken Bengal s political discourse to an ‘all-time low’, says the BJP candidate Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who is trying his luck from the Tollygunge Assembly seat, feels Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should be barred from campaigning for making vitriolic and communal speeches and taking Bengal s political discourse to an all-time low .
Mr. Supriyo, one of most suave faces of the BJP in Bengal and the Lok Sabha MP from Asansol, rejected opposition claim of having been demoted after being fielded for the assembly election, and said he himself wanted to contest the poll against a formidable opposition and not a weak one
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