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Bengal: Police Use Water Cannon To Disperse BJP Protest Rally Led By Tejasvi Surya | WATCH

The Police on Monday used water cannons to disperse BJP workers protesting against the state Govt in West Bengal, towards Bikash Bhavan in Kolkata on Monday.

New Delhi: The Police Monday used water cannons to disperse BJP workers protesting against the alleged School Service Commission (SSC) scam in Kolkata on Monday. 

The protest rally was being led by party MP and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president Tejasvi Surya, as reported by news agency ANI.

"Land of Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore, land that had guided the country in education in the context of freedom movement is now sinking as far as education system is concerned. Yuva Morcha is protesting against the politicisation and corruption in our education system," said Tejasvi Surya.

"This is a dictatorial govt. Mamata Banerjee has become Hitler. Our constitutional right is being snatched away. We came to Bikash Bhavan peacefully & organised a protest, it's our constitutional right. We're being stripped of our right," he added.

Police hurled water at activists BJYM workers against unemployment in West Bengal. The police had set up a three-layer blockade outside Bikash Bhawan and first and foremost attempted to convince the activists to stop their walk.

However, the activists ignored and got through the main blockade, which prompted the police to use water guns to scatter them.

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Meanwhile, WB BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar also attacked Mamata Banerjee saying, "Mamata Banerjee has killed democracy in West Bengal. We told Police to arrest/detain us but not resort to lathi-charge. But they did. Male cops attacked our women workers. As per my info, four workers need hospitalisation, one already hospitalised."

Meanwhile, Tejasvi Surya was asked by the Delhi police to join the investigation in connection with alleged vandalism at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence.

Police also registered a case against the identified people who were involved in vandalising property outside the residence of Kejriwal against his remarks on "The Kashmir File film."

"The case was registered under IPC sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) and section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act," Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi had said.

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