BJP ups ante as Sandeshkhali continues to remain on edge

AMID raging tensions in Sandeshkhali, where women are protesting against the alleged atrocities by the Trinamool Congress, Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday cut short his Kerala trip and rushed to the trouble-hit area to take stock of the situation after the state BJP sought his immediate intervention.

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Union minister Smriti Irani flayed the Mamata Banerjee government over the women's allegations, while a group of 50 BJP MLAs, who were on their way to the TMC's stronghold, were intercepted by police 60 km from the area.

Six MLAs of the BJP were suspended for the remaining part of the ongoing Assembly session as they sat in the well of the House wearing T-shirts with a slogan written on them.