Bengal BJP MP Claims Cops Stopped Her From Attending Hanuman Jayanti Event
NDTV
BJP MP Locket Chaterjee said she was on her way to Bansberia in Hooghly district when the police stopped her convoy and requested her to return.
Senior BJP leader Locket Chatterjee on Thursday sat on demonstration after the police stopped her from visiting her Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency to attend Hanuman Jayanti celebrations, citing law and order situation following clashes between two groups during Ram Navami celebrations earlier this week.
She was seen reading Hanuman Chalisa while sitting on the road.
Ms Chatterjee was on her way to Bansberia in Hooghly district when the police stopped her convoy and requested her to return, claiming that her visit might incite tension in the trouble-torn area.
She said, "The police stopped me though I am the local MP. I was invited to attend the Hanuman Jayanti programme there. But the police are asking me to go back. Why is an elected representative stopped from visiting her constituency?" The BJP leader told reporters that she informed the governor about the incident and he had said he would look into it.
