'Nabanna Cholo' Showdown: BJP Protest March In Bengal Turns Violent, Police Use Tear Gas. In Pics

Parts of Bengal turned into a battlefield on Tuesday as BJP activists clashed with the police during a protest march to the state secretariat. (Image: PTI)

Several police officers and saffron camp members, including leaders Mina Devi Purohit and Swapan Dasgupta, were reportedly injured in the melee. (Image: PTI)

Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, the party's Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee and senior leader Rahul Sinha were among those detained during the march, taken out by the saffron party to protest against the TMC regime’s alleged corrupt practices. (Image: PTI)

The police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the agitators, who tried to go past the barricades that were put in place at several points in the city and its adjoining areas. (Image: PTI)

Normal life was disrupted in the city amid the protests, with common people facing huge inconvenience on the thoroughfares, many of which had plunged into chaos. (Image: PTI)

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar staged a sit-in in Howrah after being stopped from carrying forward the rally. (Image: PTI)

Seven trains were hired by the BJP to bring its supporters from north and south Bengal on Monday for the protest march to 'Nabanna'. (Image: PTI)

Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar, the party's Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee and senior leader Rahul Sinha were among those detained during the march. (Image: PTI)