BJP demands arrest of Trinamool leaders

The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday organised a massive rally here demanding the arrest of Trinamool Congress leaders allegedly seen taking money in the Narada sting operation footage.
The rally, led by state BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, started from north Kolkata’s College Square up to Esplanade in central Kolkata. It broke police barricade at the Esplanade crossing and got involved in a “minor tussle” with the police.
One of the woman supporters present in the rally was injured.
Terming the rally as “historical”, Ghosh claimed that people “spontaneously” joined them as his party has been constantly fighting against corruption.
“This is a historical rally. Today, the people joined us in such huge numbers, because we are constantly raising our voice against the ongoing corruption in the state,” Ghosh said.
“The charges of corruption against the present state government is unprecedented. Everyone involved in this (Narada sting case) corruption should be arrested and punished,” he said.
Ghosh said that although there was a “minor tussle” between the police and the BJP party workers near Esplanade, they had no complaints against the role of the police.
The police requested them to rally peacefully as high school board examinations are going on, the leader added.
On Tuesday the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Calcutta High Court order that asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the sting operation.
In the video footage, a number of senior Trinamool Congress leaders were seen accepting money on the promise of dispensing favours.
The bench of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul found no infirmity with the high court order directing inquiry by the CBI.