The situation in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district remained tense over protests against TMC-led atrocities and sexual harassment, even as♕ police maintained a strong presence in the area on Tuesday.
The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled to ಌvisit Sandeshkhali on Tuesday morning. Adhikari was earlier stopped twice from visiting the area.
The Calcutta High Court, which on Monday granted permission to Adhikari to visit Sandeshkhali, had also directed the BJP leader n𝄹ot to give any provocative speech or create any law and order situation in the restive area.
"I want to💞 go there and talk to the locals. I want to stand by the people there", Adhikari said.
Meanwꩲhile, a journalist of a Bengali newsꦕ channel, who was reporting from Sandeshkhali, was arrested on Monday night.
The police said the journalist was arrested following a complaint of barging into the residence of a local woma🃏n.
The Kolkata Press Club has condemned the arrest.
National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma on Monday called for the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and imposition of Pr🐭esident's Rule following unrest in Sandeshkhali, drawing a rebutta♌l from the ruling TMC, which accused the panel of echoing the BJP's agenda.
A large number of women in Sandeshkhali had accused Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of "land-grab and sexu🍷ally ⛄assaulting" them under coercion.
Shajahan has been absconding after a mob, allegedly affiliated to him, attacked Enforcement Directorate officials who h💙ad gone to search his premises in connection with a ration scam on January 5.
