Permission was not granted in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic but the BJP still went ahead with the Kolkata Municipal Campaign. So the Kolkata police arrested BJP Mohila Morcha president and MLA Agnimitra Paul while she was protesting against the fake vaccine scandal.
Paul said, “We were arrested by the Kolkata police for protesting against fake vaccines. On the other hand, criminals are roaming around.There is no democracy.”
Meanwhile, Dilip Ghosh gave out a message from the procession: “We thought we would let the government work. We are as strong as the opposition. But the way the government is working against the people is not acceptable. Vaccines are being looted, fake vaccines are being given. Violence is raging across the state. We were forced to protest. The police are now running the government and the party. We, the MLAs and MPs, are all on the road to protest. ”
BJP has launched a campaign in Kolkata municipality to protest the fake vaccine scandal in the state. The police force was active. The procession of Gerua camp could not proceed to the top of the barricade.
Though the procession was supposed to start from Subodh Mullick Square, it started from Muralidhar Sarani. The procession could break through the first barricade. But when it stopped at the second barricade near Chandni Chowk Metro, a scuffle broke out with the police.
The police managed to disperse the procession of the Gerua camp. A thunderstorm situation was created on the premises of Ganesh Avenue. Other MLAs and activists including Ghosh, Rahul Sinha, Jayaprakash Majumdar, and Raju Bandopadhyay were present. Ghosh alleged that the police dragged the BJP MLAs near Ganesh Avenue and took them to the bus.
The route of the procession changed at the beginning. A procession led by Jayaprakash Majumdar did not go on a specific route but started moving along Ganesh Chandra Avenue. The BJP did not say anything regarding why they took this decision. However, there are speculations that this route was changed to confuse the police. Three Joint CPs, two Additional CPs, and 10 DCs were in-charge of dealing with the procession. Water cannons were kept in case of a chaos. There is a video footage of the procession from Lalbazar area. There must be video footages from Rani Rashmoni Square, Hogg Street. There were aluminium guard walls to stop the procession. Special surveillance at Navanna, Raj Bhavan was there. There was additional force at the gate of the Municipality office, female police was also there. A lot of white-clad police was also deployed.
