'Don't touch my body... I'm male': TMC sneers at Suvendu Adhikari's remark

BJP activists clashed with police in Kolkata during a protest march to the state secretariat, injuring some police officers and saffron camp leaders

Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, the party's Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee and senior leader Rahul Sinha were among those detained during the march.


The police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the agitators, who had taken out a march to protest against the TMC regime's alleged corrupt practices.

Police pushed back against protesters who tried to go past the barricades that were put in place at several points in the city and its adjoining areas.

In the midst of the melee Adhikari had heated exchanges with some police officers, and one of the videos on it was used by the TMC to troll the BJP leader.

"Don't touch my body. You are lady, I am male," Adhikari could be heard saying in a video shared by TMC's official account.

Adhikari later told reporters about the incident before being whisked away in a prison van.

"Everyone got to see how the partisan police tried scuttling a leader of opposition's democratic right to protest outside Nabanna. I was manhandled by a woman constable, people saw that too," he said.

Normal life was disrupted in the city amid the protests, PTI reported, with common people facing huge inconvenience on the thoroughfares, many of which had plunged into chaos.

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar staged a sit-in in Howrah after being stopped from carrying forward the rally.He and senior leader Agnimitra Paul were later detained from a protest site at Howrah Maidan.

BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, who led the protesters near Howrah bridge, left the site in the midst of a lathicharge on his party's supporters.

He and senior leader Agnimitra Paul were later detained from a protest site at Howrah Maidan. BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, who led the protesters near Howrah bridge, left the site in the midst of a lathicharge on his party's supporters.