INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI | Updated: Sep 02, 2019 09:54 ISTBarrackpore (West Bengal) [India], Sept 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is observing a
12-hour bandh on Monday in Barrackpore city of North 24 Parganas district from 6 am to 6 pm to protest against the alleged attack on party
MP Arjun Singh.As part of the protest, BJP workers were seen marching with party flags and raising slogans against the ruling TMC
government."Mamata Banerjee cannot digest our party MP Arjun Singh's victory from Barrackpore
People in Barrackpore and Bhatpara are being harassed all the time
Yesterday, our BJP MP was attacked by TMC goons
He got hurt on his head during lathi-charge by the police," Sonprasad Chaudhary, one of the protesters, told reporters here."He (Singh) is
undergoing treatment in a hospital
We have called a 12-hour bandh to protest against this act," he added.Large numbers of police personnel have also been deployed in the area
to maintain law and order.On Sunday, Singh accused TMC workers of vandalising his car and capturing his party office in North 24 Parganas
district when he was on his way to a blood donation camp."I was attacked and my car was also vandalised
People were protesting peacefully
Police Commissioner Manoj Verma abused me
My residence is also being vandalised," he said, alleging that there was no "security or law and order" in the area
