Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh stopped from visiting cyclone-affected areas, police says he didn't have permission
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Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh stopped from visiting cyclone-affected areas, police says he didn’t have permission

Kolkata; West Bengal BJP president and MP Dilip Ghosh on Saturday alleged that he was not allowed to go to the cyclone-ravaged areas of the South 24 Parganas district, triggering a confrontation between the saffron social gathering and the ruling TMC.

Ghosh was on his technique to Canning and Basanti, two of the a number of areas of the district affected by cyclone Amphan, to distribute aid supplies. His automotive was allegedly stopped by the police on the Dhalai bridge close to Garia space of the district.

“I don’t know why I have been stopped from visiting the cyclone-affected areas. The TMC leaders are visiting these places and distributing relief materials. The police is not stopping them. The rule only changes for the BJP leaders,” Ghosh mentioned.

In a tweet, Ghosh mentioned that he was barred from going to Cyclone-hit areas of Canning and Gosaba.

His remark got here after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had introduced advance help of Rs 1,000 crore for the cyclone-hit state and an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the households of every of these killed and Rs 50,000 for the injured.

Ghosh threatened to stage a sit-in protest if he was not allowed to go to the affected areas. “If the state government wants to pursue relief politics, they should get ready for a befitting reply from our workers,” he mentioned.

The BJP staff accompanying Ghosh had a gentle scuffle with the police personnel, they usually pushed the lads in uniform to pave the way in which for the car of the social gathering’s state president.

Meanwhile, the police mentioned that Ghosh didn’t have any permission to maneuver in that space based on lockdown and catastrophe administration guidelines.

Kolkata Mayor and State Minister Firhad Hakim puzzled why the state BJP was eager on doing politics over the distribution of aid supplies.

Ghosh had on Friday demanded that the help needs to be credited to the financial institution accounts of the folks, affected by Cyclone Amphan, to keep away from siphoning of cash. 

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