Subhechcha Ganguly 
Abhishek Banerjee, Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and the national general secretary of the TMC, will hold a separate demonstration to denounce the alleged anti-people policies of the Centre and its use of government agencies to pursue opposition parties. Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, will begin a sit-in protest at noon today in the heart of Kolkata, calling for the release of federal funding. The dharna will last through Thursday night.
Abhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the party’s nephew, will hold a separate demonstration a short distance away to express opposition to the Centre’s claimed anti-people policies and deployment of central agencies against opposition parties. I’m going to start doing sit-in protests tomorrow. The Centre must make money available. When speaking at a government event in the Hooghly district on Tuesday, Mamata Banerjee stated, “They too need to explain why the democracy is being suppressed.She added that her party had made a serious error in supporting the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also set to hold a demonstration a few kilometres away, which is likely to increase political tension in the city today as the key panchayat election draws near. A congressional protest is also planned. The demonstration against suspected corruption in the state will be launched by top leaders of the Bengal BJP, including the party’s state chief Sukanta Majumdar and leader of the opposition in the state legislative assembly, Suvendu Adhikari.The BJP held a rally on Tuesday in the heart of Kolkata.
