BJP protests in Panchkula against West Bengal violence

Tribune News Service
Panchkula, May 5

The local unit of the BJP today held a protest at Bella Vista roundabout here against the post-poll violence in West Bengal allegedly perpetrated by Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Accusing TMC chief Mamata Banerjee of unleashing violence on BJP workers, Rattan Lal Kataria, the Minister of State for Jal Shakti in the Modi government, drew a parallel between the post-poll violence and the bloodshed during India’s partition.

While speaking to media persons, Kataria said 16 BJP workers were killed and many were injured in the violence.

“The violence suggests there was no law and order in the state,” he said, adding that he had never seen such intolerance.

Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal, district president Ajay Sharma, former BJP state unit vice-president Banto Kataria and former district president Deepak Sharma also participated in the protest.

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