BJP National President JP Nadda constitutes five member committee to probe violence at Nabanna Chalo march
16 Sep 2022 11:07:32
Kolkata, Sept 16: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda has formed a five-member committee to probe violence against workers in West Bengal during the recent Nabanna Chalo march.
The team will be led by the former Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh and present Rajya Sabha MP Brij Lal, former Information and Broadcasting Minister and Lok Sabha MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Lok Sabha member of Parliament Aparajita Sarangi, Rajya Sabha MP Sameer Umrao and former parliamentarian Sunil Jakhar.
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According to the reports, the leaders have been asked to go and investigate the situation on the ground level. They will also investigate what led to the violence in Kolkata. The committee will also demand the state government to take action against the accused. They will submit the report to the party's national president.
On Tuesday (Sept 13), the BJP carried out a massive protest march, 'Nabanna Abhijan', to the state secretariat where a clash broke out between BJP workers and police inside the Bolpur railway station as police tried to stop the workers from leaving for Kolkata to participate in the Nabanna Chalo march. Several workers were also detained.
"With hundreds of BJP workers heading towards Kolkata to join BJP's Nabanna march via trains, police barricaded paths to railway stations. 20 of our workers were stopped by police near Durgapur railway station. I reached here using other paths," said BJP leader Abhijit Dutta.