Kolkata: Former cricketer Sourav Ganguly on Friday reached Apollo Hospital within the Salt Lake space to satisfy Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar who received injured whereas main a sit-in protest in opposition to the prevailing scenario in Sandeshkhali. Information company ANI shared a video of Ganguly visiting th Apollo Hospital to inquire about Majumdar’s well being.
#WATCH | West Bengal | Former cricketer Sourav Ganguly reached Apollo Hospital, Salt Lake to satisfy State BJP President Sukanta Majumdar.
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— ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2024
The West Bengal BJP president was shifted from the ICU to a room within the daycare constructing of Apollo Hospital Salt Lake Kolkata earlier at the moment. On Wednesday, the BJP state president misplaced consciousness throughout a scuffle that broke out between safety forces and get together supporters whereas he was main a sit-in protest in opposition to the prevailing scenario in Sandeshkhali. After he fell unconscious, the Balurghat MP was taken to a hospital in Basirhat the place he was placed on oxygen help. He was later shifted to a non-public hospital in Kolkata the place he has been saved within the ICU.
Ladies in Sandeshkhali have been up in arms over the previous couple of days over alleged atrocities dedicated on them by TMC chief Sheikh Shajahan and his aides.
Within the aftermath of the violence, the BJP fashioned a six-member committee of Union Ministers and MPs, who’ve been tasked with visiting Sandeshkhali and gathering details on the alleged incidents of sexual harassment and violence in opposition to ladies there.
Union Minister Annapurna Devi was named because the convenor of the high-level committee, which additionally contains Pratima Bhowmik, BJP MPs Sunita Duggal, Kavita Patidar, Sangeeta Yadav, and Brijlal.
They’ve been directed to go to the incident website, take inventory of the scenario, speak to victims, and submit their report back to BJP nationwide president JP Nadda. BJP employees on Thursday held a protest in Purba Bardhaman district over the alleged sexual abuse and atrocities dedicated in opposition to ladies at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district.
As a part of statewide protests over the violent protests and unrest in Sandeshkhali, BJP cadres, of their a whole lot, blocked roads and set fireplace to tyres.
A sizeable police contingent was rushed to the scene to interrupt up the protests and implement order.
The BJP on Thursday stepped up their protests in opposition to the ruling TMC throughout the state within the wake of the occasions in Sandeshkhali.
As BJP supporters held demonstrations throughout the state, refusing to again down on their demand that these behind the alleged excesses on ladies, together with fugitive TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the get together’s nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla got here out all weapons blazing at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, claiming that she was unmoved by the plight of the state’s daughters.
“It is unlucky that regardless of being a lady chief minister, the plight of Bengal’s daughters just isn’t on her record of priorities,” Poonawala instructed ANI.
In the meantime, breaking her silence on the Sandeshkhali violence, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday mentioned she has at all times stood in opposition to ‘injustice’.
Hinting at a suspected function of the BJP and the RSS within the violence, the CM mentioned she has despatched fact-finding groups to Sandeshkhali, including that she’s going to resolve on the longer term plan of action after gathering details concerning the violence.
Accusing the BJP and its ideological guardian, RSS, of inciting bother in North 24 Parganas district, CM Mamata mentioned, “They (RSS) have a base within the space. Riots befell there 7-Eight years in the past. It is among the susceptible riot spots. We dealt with the scenario strongly throughout Saraswati Puja or else there have been different plans.”
Claiming that TMC strongman Sheikh Shajahan was being focused and hounded by the BJP-led Centre, Mamata added, “They despatched the ED after him after which provoked clashes in Sandheshkhali by bringing outsiders into the world.”
Talking on the ground of the Meeting, the CM mentioned she despatched fact-finding groups and the police to the world within the wake of the violence.
