A team of BJP MPs, including two Union Ministers, as well another delegation led by State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was on Friday stopped by the police from visiting West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, an area rocked by protests over alleged atrocities on villagers by local Trinamool Congress leaders.
The BJP’s central delegation, was led by Union Minister Annapurna Devi. Other members of delegation were Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik, Sunita Duggal, Kavita Patidar, Sangeeta Yadav and Brij Lal. They were stopped by hundreds of policemen at Ramnagar, citing prohibitory orders imposed in various areas of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district.
