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Against the Centre's "Discrimination"…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee sat on a protest in front of Dr. BR Ambedkar's statue on Red Road, surrounded by a cohort of TMC leaders and workers under tv camera arc lights.
On Wednesday, Mamata Banerjee, who is on a two-day protest against alleged discrimination by the Centre against the state, had a change of presentation of all political parties in India to unitedly fight the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
This is a departure from an earlier decision to remain equidistant from both the Congress and the right-wing party ruling India's federal polity.
The Trinamool Congress supremo was accompanied by several party leaders, including Firhad Hakim and Aroop Biswas at the protest site.
On Thursday, 30 March 2023, Mamata Banerjee's 30-hour demonstration is likely to end around 7 pm.
Security measures in and around the venue were tightened keeping in mind the presence of high-profile leaders, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.
Ms Banerjee started the sit-in on Wednesday afternoon, protesting against the Centre's "stoppage" of funds to the state for MGNREGA and other schemes of the housing and public works departments.
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