'Don't Touch My Body, I'm Male': BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Shouts At Cop Amid ‘Nabanna Cholo’ March

"Don't touch my body. You are lady, I am male," Suvendu was heard shouting in a video that the Trinamool Congress shared on Twitter.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters along with BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari participate in protest rally (Source: File photo/Getty)

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, was on Monday taken into custody while trying to go to Santragachi during a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) march to the state secretariat 'Nabanna'. Suvendu was trolled by the Trinamool for his comment to a woman policeman trying to control the protesters. "Don't touch my body. You are lady, I am male," Suvendu was heard shouting in a video that the Trinamool Congress shared on Twitter.

.@BJP4India's 56-inch chest model BUSTED!

Proclamation of the day: "Don’t touch my body. I am male!" pic.twitter.com/hHiWr0yuHE

— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) September 13, 2022

"I see Maa Durga in the eyes of every woman," Adhikari was heard saying in a video posted on Facebook by party MP Locket Chatterjee.

According to the information, BJP leaders and workers were taking out a protest march against the TMC government. During this, when the BJP leaders were stopped, they reportedly clashed with the police. After this, the police took Rahul Sinha into custody along with Suvendu Adhikari and BJP state general secretary Locket Chatterjee in Alipore.

#WATCH | West Bengal: Police use water cannons and tear gas shells to stop and disperse BJP workers in Santragachhi area of Howrah, amid their call for Nabanna Chalo march.

(Video Source: BJP) pic.twitter.com/du2fp9oOFi

— ANI (@ANI) September 13, 2022

BJP leaders took out 'Nabanna Rally' today in protest against the corrupt practices of TMC government. Hundreds of BJP workers reached Kolkata via trains to attend the rally. In view of the BJP rally, the state police barricaded the way to the railway stations.

Late on Monday evening, the state police had written a letter to the state BJP refusing to give them permission for the Nabanna campaign. After which now a war of words has started between the Mamata Banerjee government and the Bengal BJP.