Following the detention of some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders ahead of the 'Nabanna Cholo' march against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in West Bengal, protestors pelted stones at Kolkata Police personnel and even set a police vehicle on fire, ABP News reported. The police car was set on fire near a police station in central Kolkata's Burrabazar area. Firefighters were sent to the area to douse the fire. The Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, the President of the West Bengal BJP, Rahul Sinha, and the Member of Parliament (MP) from Hastings, Locket Chatterjee, were detained by the Kolkata Police Tuesday.
The police used water cannons to direct streams of water at the protestors.
A conflict is going on between the West Bengal BJP and the ruling TMC government due to the latter's alleged corrupt practices.
Earlier in the day, the BJP alleged that the West Bengal Police were preventing party activists and leaders from marching to the State Secretariat.
On Tuesday morning, BJP supporters from all across West Bengal arrived in Kolkata and the neighbouring city Howrah to participate in the Nabanna Cholo March.
Security has been increased to prevent the BJP leaders and supporters from reaching the State Secretariat. Despite this, a fight erupted between BJP members and the police outside the Raniganj railway station on Tuesday morning, ANI reported. The BNP workers were headed for Kolkata to take part in the Nabanna Cholo rally.
According to reports, Abhijit Dutta, a BJP leader, said the police had stopped 20 party members close to the Durgapur train station. The police have said that the demonstration is unlawful, because of which they cannot let it happen.