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West Bengal plunges into chaos as TMC, BJP protest against each other

TMC was protesting against the arrest of its lawmaker Sudip Bandyopadhyay by the CBI

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TMC supporters stage a rail-roko protest in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, over arrest of TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay (Photo:ANI)

Avishek Raskhit Kolkata
West Bengal and its capital, Kolkata, erupted into chaos after the state’s ruling party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), both resorted to protests and demonstrations, blocking major arterial roads and streets.

While the TMC was protesting against the arrest of its lawmaker Sudip Bandyopadhyay by the CBI, which is probing the Rs 15,000 crore Rose Valley chit fund scam, the BJP’s agenda centred on the law and order situation in the state. It alleged that TMC attacked its offices in the city and three other locations in the state.

Following Bandyopadhyay’s arrest on Tuesday,

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