Nabanna Abhijan Protest: In anticipation of a protest march scheduled by students calling for the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Nabanna, the Bengal Secretariat, has transformed into a fortress.
In anticipation of the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ protest march by Paschimbanga Chhatra Samaj, a new student group, to the state secretariat to seek Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s resignation over the RG Kar Hospital rape-murder case, Kolkata has transformed into a fortress. The city has seen the deployment of about 6,000 Kolkata Police officers, and the area around Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat home is now under increased surveillance.
According to a post on X by Kolkata Police, four persons have been arrested for allegedly arranging to “orchestrate large-scale violence” during the Nabanna Abhijan.
There is three levels of security around Nabanna because, according to the police, there is evidence of a plot to cause chaos and disturbances during the protest march. Along the roadways leading to the state secretariat, which includes the offices of the chief minister and other senior ministries, barricades have been erected at 19 different locations.
