Umar Khalid faces demonstration in Kolkata
Umar Khalid came to Kolkata to join an event and while he was entering into Bharat Sabha hall in north Kolkata to attend the programme in the evening, a large number of BJP Yuva Morcha and Hindu Samhati activists staged demonstration at the spot.
They also shouted 'Go back' and 'Kick Out Umar Khalid' slogans. Due to the protest, traffic was disrupted on Central Avenue and B. B. Ganguly Street areas for hours.
A heavy police force rushed to the spot and dispersed the protesters from the area. Policemen safely took Khalid into the hall.
When few BJP activists forcibly tried to go closer to Umar Khalid, policemen arrested them.
Facing the protest here, Umar Khalid told IBNS, "Everyone should have democratic right to protest. People, who are protesting here, should also respect others. I think we have the democratic right, guaranteed by the Constitution of India, to express our own opinions and that's why I'm here today."
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha, Image by IBNS)
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