On Thursday, the Bhartiya Janata Party’s YuvaMorcha and other workers took out a massive protest march against the authoritative Mamata-led TMC regime in West Bengal. The saffron party’s workers aimed at gheraoing the state secretariat – Nabanno, over what they claim are political killings and murders of BJP workers by TMC goons, who are shaking in their boots at the prospect of Mamata Banerjee being ousted as the ‘ruler’ of the state in next year’s assembly elections. In a bid to stop BJP workers from democratically protesting against the TMC government at the state secretariat, the police took to brutal lathi charging whileTMC goons are said to have allegedly used country-made bombs and chemical liquids to target BJP workers as well.
India Today reported thousands of BJP workers from Kolkata and Howrah marching towards Nabanno to protest the “worsening” law and order in the state, on Thursday afternoon. The West Bengal Police, however, blocked the march and police personnel resorted to lathi-charge, use of tear gas and water cannons on BJP workers at Santragachi in Howrah district. This, even as the secretariat was shut down for two days, citing the closure of the jugular premises due to a ‘sanitisation drive’.
West Bengal: Police use water cannon & lathi-charge to disperse BJP workers during a protest at Hastings in Kolkata.
BJP has launched a state-wide 'Nabanna Chalo' agitation march today to protest against the alleged killing of its party workers. pic.twitter.com/T2om4xUxlq
— ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2020
This is what West Bengal looks like under @MamataOfficial . Toxic chemical sprayed on @BJP4Bengal karyakartas to stop their peaceful protest. Several karyakartas hospitalised due to severe reaction to the chemical. #NobannaCholo pic.twitter.com/lZbk9Ky6KA
— Neha Joshi (Modi Ka Parivar) (@The_NehaJoshi) October 8, 2020
But, come what may, nothing will ..
– Deter the courage of our karyakartas
– Deviate the karyakartas from their conviction
– Dilute their commitment towards freeing the state from goonda raj & from the clutches of authoritarian Mamata Banerjee.#NabannoCholo
— Satya Kumar Yadav (Modi Ka Parivar) (@satyakumar_y) October 8, 2020
BJP MP Tejaswi Surya, who only recently has been appointed as the National President of the BJYM was also a part of the Nabanno Chalo protest march and accused TMC goons of hurling country bombs at the democratic protestors. Against a peaceful march, he alleged, the police used water cannons and tear gas shells. In fact, videos doing the rounds on social media seem to validate such claims of the BJYM President, who has also accused the West Bengal police of colluding with the state administration and not registering an FIR for cognizable offences, and instead of harassing senior BJP leaders in police stations as well, which led to the BJYM President and others taking to protest at the police station itself.
This is West Bengal Police. Just see what they are doing. Share it max. pic.twitter.com/paymflcoqn
— Facts (@BefittingFacts) October 8, 2020
Police Stations have become TMC party offices in Mamata’s Bengal.
They don’t even register FIR for cognizable offences. Complete breakdown of law.#NabannoCholo @JyotirmayBJP @NisithPramanik pic.twitter.com/K0hyy84uMi
— Tejasvi Surya (ಮೋದಿಯ ಪರಿವಾರ) (@Tejasvi_Surya) October 8, 2020
Mamata’s police officers at Jarasanko Police Station have manhandled three Members of Parliament who had gone to file an FIR.
MPs @NisithPramanik, @JyotirmayBJP and I will move breach of privilege motion against these errant and arrogant officials.#NabannoChalo pic.twitter.com/4SvUvo3CsD
— Tejasvi Surya (ಮೋದಿಯ ಪರಿವಾರ) (@Tejasvi_Surya) October 8, 2020
Police Stations have become TMC party offices in Mamata’s Bengal.
They don’t even register FIR for cognizable offences. Complete breakdown of law.#NabannoCholo @JyotirmayBJP @NisithPramanik pic.twitter.com/K0hyy84uMi
— Tejasvi Surya (ಮೋದಿಯ ಪರಿವಾರ) (@Tejasvi_Surya) October 8, 2020
The BJP was forced to take to the streets as the alleged political killings of its party workers were seeing no end in West Bengal. If visuals of yesterday which emerged out of the Nabanno Cholo march are anything to go by, it is clear that BJP workers are now ready for the final battle against the Mamata-led TMC government of Bengal. For the sake of overthrowing Mamata Didi democratically, the BJP workers now seem to be willing to lay down their lives. This, of course, is a cause of worry for the incumbents. The lathi-charge of democratic protestors, alleged use of bombs and chemicals against them is all indicative of the fact that some people truly fear losing power in the state, especially after the saffron party’s spectacular performance in the Lok Sabha polls from Bengal last year, which showed that there was a massive undercurrent against the TMC regime and in favour of the BJP.
A silent majority of BJP supporters is only swelling in the state of West Bengal with each passing day, and the dictatorial shenanigans of the ruling party only contribute to the increase in the quantum of the same. Primitive methods of stifling democratic dissent and opposition in the state using brute police force, even as pompous MP’s previously accused of plagiarising speeches from WhatsApp forwards sermonise the Union Government in the Lok Sabha on the perils of ‘fascism’, are most definitely bound to fail.
