Senior Trinamool Congress leaders joined Mamata Banerjee in a protest in Kolkata against the harassment of Bengali speakers in states ruled by the BJP.
Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, led a demonstration in Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon in protest of the alleged harassment of Bengali speakers in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Along with thousands of people, Mamata Banerjee took to the streets, accompanied by senior party leaders, such as Abhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of the Trinamool Congress. According to news agency PTI, the march will end at Dorina Crossing in Dharmatala after starting at College Square in central Kolkata at approximately 1:45 p.m.
There were almost 1,500 police officers on duty to guard the barricaded pavements and nearby buildings along the nearly 3-kilometer route.
Traffic was rerouted along several
