Lessons for Opposition in poll results
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A few buses in which women from Sandeshkhali were travelling to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally at Kachari Maidan in Barasat were allegedly stopped at multiple places by the police citing ‘security protocol’, today.
The BJP supporters put up roadblocks claiming that police had a malafide intention of not allowing the women to meet the PM. Three buses carrying Sandeshkhali women could not reach the venue on time. However, five women later met the PM and expressed their concern regarding fear of further attacks by TMC-led goons.
PM Modi was scheduled to address the rally at Barasat, the district headquarters town of North 24-Parganas, under which Sandeshkhali too is located. The state BJP made arrangements for buses to take the women of Sandeshkhali, who were allegedly tortured by suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shajahan and his aides, to the rally, around 80 km away.
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“The buses were first stopped at the Biswa Bangla Gate in New Town and then again at Airport Gate 1 on the way to Barasat, citing security protocol. The police are trying to stop us from going to the PM’s rally,” a BJP leader on one of the buses, alleged. Police, however, said that traffic movement on the stretch was restricted due to security protocol as the PM will travel by that road to Barasat.
“The traffic movement on the entire stretch has been restricted due to security reasons,” a police officer said. State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar had earlier said that if the women of Sandeshkhali want, the BJP will facilitate a meeting between them and the PM.
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