TMC throttling democracy, 3500 detained during Sankalp Yatra

The BJP on Tuesday accused the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal of unleashing atrocities during motorbike rallies held across the state on Sunday as part of the saffron party's public outreach programme.

Over 3,500 party workers have been detained for taking part in the 'Sankalp Yatra' motor cycle rallies, he said.

An unspecified number of BJP workers and policemen were injured in clashes in several districts of the state Sunday after the authorities prevented the rallies saying they had not been granted permission because of the ongoing school board examinations.

Addressing a press meet here, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said, "The TMC government has throttled all democratic principles and traditions by preventing our rallies in recent times. The incidents happened during the Sankalp Yatra rallies is the most recent example."
Asked about report of a farmer's death in the state on Monday, Ghosh said, "The state government wants to suppress the unnatural death of a farmer. It wants to pass off the suicide of a farmer as due to ailments. It does not want to face the truth."
To a question about reports of WBCS officers to be given flats by the government, Ghosh said, "The decision had been made two years back, but the government is announcing it only now, just before the elections."
BJP's Mahila Morcha president Locket Chatterjee, who was present at the press meet, said a rally will be taken out on March 8, the International Women's day, demanding "an end to the atrocities on women in West Bengal."