Trinamool Congress general secretary came to Delhi with MNREGA job card holders and Trinamool workers from West Bengal. Abhishek Banerjee Alleged that Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh did not give him time to meet. After that, time was given by Union Minister of State Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, but after waiting for about three hours, she also did not meet him. Abhishek Banerjee said that when we came to know that the Union Minister had left the office, then when we moved towards her office, the Delhi Police stopped them and after that we started protesting peacefully, then the Delhi Police illegally detained all of us. Was taken into custody.
#WATCH Police detained Trinamool Congress leaders who were protesting inside Krishi Bhawan in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/U1Too15Hnw
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Raj Bhavan Chalo Campaign on 5th October
Mr Banerjee alleged that Delhi Police misbehaved with him and the party’s women MPs and ministers at Krishi Bhawan. Abhishek Banerjee said that a Raj Bhavan campaign will be run in West Bengal on October 5 against this incident. On Thursday, Trinamool Congress leaders and ministers will campaign at Raj Bhavan at 3 pm. It is noteworthy that Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee had reached Krishi Bhawan at 6 pm on Tuesday evening along with a total of 40 representatives including party MPs, state ministers and MNREGA job card holders.
#WATCH We were scheduled to meet Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti at 6 pm, we waited for 90 minutes, after which we were informed that she could not meet us. Sadhvi Niranjan met Suvendu Adhikari today at 4 pm but we were made to wait here. They… pic.twitter.com/BkkWIJD7uH
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Trinamool leaders started protest after Union Minister refused to meet
He alleged that after waiting for three hours, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti was refused a meeting. On behalf of Trinamool Congress, it was said that our delegation led by Abhishek Banerjee will leave Krishi Bhawan only after meeting the Union Minister. After this, Trinamool leaders including Abhishek Banerjee staged a protest there and after this Delhi Police reached there and detained Trinamool leaders from there and took them to Mukherjee Nagar police station.
Trinamool leaders detained by Delhi Police
Delhi Police asked the Trinamool leaders sitting on strike at Krishi Bhawan to move away from there. On this, Trinamool leaders said that they will not go without meeting the Union Minister. Only after this the police took the Trinamool leaders into custody. Trinamool Congress leaders said that Delhi Police misbehaved with them. Trinamool leaders were dragged out from there. Trinamool leader Priyangu Pandey said that after detaining them from Krishi Bhawan, Delhi Police took the Trinamool leaders to GTB Police Line and around 11 pm, Delhi Police released the Trinamool leaders including Abhishek Banerjee.
Video message from Krishi Bhavan itself
National General Secretary of Trinamool Congress issued a video message from Krishi Bhawan itself saying, remove BJP’s zamindari, save the country. This is the beginning of the movement. We will not surrender before the zamindari of BJP. He said that the Union Minister has time to meet Sukant and Shubhendu, but does not have time to meet us. Six months ago also we had tried to meet the Union Minister and even then he was not given time to meet.