Three BJP MLAs had been on Sunday taken into custody right here on the cost of violating lockdown rules
Three BJP MLAs had been on Sunday taken into custody right here on the cost of violating lockdown rules, a police officer stated.
The legislators — Shankar Ghosh, Anandamoy Burman, and Sikha Chattopadhyay — had been protesting in opposition to the alleged lack of measures on the a part of the state authorities to examine the rising variety of COVID-19 deaths in north Bengal.
They had been launched later within the day, the officer stated. The MLAs, who had been apprehended after they had been staging a sit-in at Safdar Hasmi Chowk roundabout in Siliguri, claimed that they maintained all COVID-19 protocols through the protest, and there was no gathering on the spot.
Hitting out at them, senior TMC chief Goutam stated that the BJP legislators “betrayed” the folks of the area by organizing a sit-in amid the lockdown. “Let people see the real face of BJP leaders, who are least bothered about containing the spread of the deadly virus. They only believe in politicizing crisis situations,” he stated including that the state authorities is doing all the things potential to struggle the pandemic.
A 15-day lockdown got here into drive in Bengal on Sunday, with the federal government putting in a number of stringent measures to curb the unfold of COVID-19.
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