TMC leader Saayoni Ghosh arrested in Tripura; party MPs on way to Delhi to meet Amit Shah

A BJP worker had given a complaint to the police that Saayoni Ghosh allegedly tried to mow down BJP workers at a public meeting on Saturday.Ghosh, the youth unit secretary of TMC West Bengal, was detained a day before a planned visit by the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee after being called in for questioning in a police station.According to the complaint, when a street corner gathering was being addressed by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday night, Ghosh reached there and shouted “Khela hobey” (game will happen).”Khela hobey” is a slogan used by the TMC during the assembly election in West Bengal held in March-April this year.TMC leaders alleged that their workers were also roughed up by BJP supporters outside the East Agartala Women’s police station, a charge denied by the ruling BJP.Abhishek Banerjee in a tweet accused the BJP government in Tripura of disregarding Supreme Court orders on the rights of political parties to hold peaceful programmes.



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