NEW DELHI: Former Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was detained on Saturday as she tried to join the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest in the Capital. The Trinamool Congress chief was detained along with several of her party MPs from South Avenue in central Delhi, where she sat on a protest at a bus stand after being stopped by police.
Banerjee and five of her party MPs, including Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen, were detained and taken away in a police bus. Mamata Banerjee sat with a band-aid on her mouth during the protest.
“The government is misbehaving with us,” Banerjee said in a video statement from inside the police bus.
“We the INDIA alliance will continue to fight to strengthen people’s voice,” she added.
Several other opposition and student leaders were also detained as they tried to join the Jantar Mantar protest.
Former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and CPM MP John Brittas were among those detained by police and taken to the detention centre at Chhatrasal Stadium.
Mamata Banerjee had arrived in Delhi on Friday to join the Opposition protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. She was part of the INDIA bloc delegation that met President Droupadi Murmu on Friday evening to demand Kumar’s sacking.
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