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A couple of buses through which girls from Sandeshkhali have been travelling to PM Narendra Modi’s rally in West Bengal’s Barasat on Wednesday have been stopped at a number of locations by the police citing “safety protocol”, BJP leaders alleged.
PM Modi addressed the rally at Kachari Maidan in Barasat, the district headquarters city of North 24 Parganas the place Sandeshkhali is situated.
The state BJP made preparations for buses to take the ladies, who have been allegedly tortured by suspended TMC chief Shajahan Sheikh and his aides, from Sandeshkhali to the rally venue, round 80 km away.
“The buses have been first stopped on the Biswa Bangla Gate in New City, after which once more at Airport Gate 1 on the way in which to Barasat, citing safety protocol, whereas different autos have been allowed. The police try to cease us from going to the PM’s rally on time,” a BJP chief who was on one of many buses alleged.
Round 30 individuals acquired down from two of the buses that have been stopped and began shouting slogans towards the TMC authorities.
Police, nevertheless, mentioned that visitors motion on the stretch needed to be restricted as a consequence of “safety protocol” because the PM was to journey by that highway.
“The visitors motion on all the stretch was restricted as a consequence of safety causes. The buses reached the world when the PM’s convoy was about to reach, and therefore the motion was regulated for safety causes,” a police officer mentioned.
He mentioned as soon as the convoy handed, the buses have been allowed to maneuver.
First Printed: Mar 06 2024 | 12:59 PM IST
