Shaina NC covers mouth with black cloth as mark of protest in Mumbai

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Wednesday staged protests across various parts of the country against the violence that took place during party chief Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday. In Mumbai, BJP leader Shaina NC led the protest. All pictures/Shaina NC Twitter, PTI

Updated On: 2019-05-16 08:56 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shaina NC staged a protest against the violence that took place during party chief Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday. BJP leader Shaina NC covers her mouth with a black cloth during a silent protest to condemn the alleged attack on party president Amit Shah's convoy in Kolkata

Clashes broke out during Shah's mega road show in Kolkata after sticks were hurled at his convoy. Police had to resort to lathi charge to disperse the crowd. The protest left several injured, due to which Shah was asked to end the roadshow. Bengali polymath Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's statue was also vandalised during the clashes

Protestors in Mumbai's Nariman Point were seen with black gags on their mouth while others raised slogans against the Mamata Banerjee government and its "anarchist" rule

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Wednesday staged protests across various parts of the country against the violence that took place during party chief Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday

Since the Lok Sabha elections began on April 10, BJP and TMC have been at loggerheads in West Bengal. Workers of two parties have repeatedly clashed with each other on polling days

Voting for nine seats in the state will be held in the seventh and final phase of the general elections on May 19. Counting of votes will take place on May 23

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