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BJP leaders protest against violence at Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata

BJP national president Amit Shah’s massive roadshow in Kolkata turned violent on Tuesday with the BJP workers clashing with Calcutta University students who were showing black flags to the saffron party leader.

Updated: May 16, 2019 09:11 IST

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The BJP workers are holding a ‘Save Bengal’ protest in New Delhi where leaders Nirmala Sitharaman, Harsh Vardhan, Jitendra Singh and Vijay Goel are also present. (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)

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BJP national president Amit Shah’s massive roadshow in Kolkata turned violent on Tuesday with the BJP workers clashing with Calcutta University students who were showing black flags to the saffron party leader. (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)

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A day after a bust of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was vandalised, TMC leaders including party chief and CM Mamata Banerjee changed their social media display picture to that of the noted reformer to register their protest. (Express photo)

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BJP national president Amit Shah Wednesday said that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers vandalised Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar’s bust to gain sympathy as Mamata Banerjee government is going to lose the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.(Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)

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The Trinamool Congress, on the other hand, is holding a protest rally against the BJP in Kolkata. (ANI)

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