West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh, Leader of Opposition in the assembly Suvendu Adhikari, state BJP Yuva Morcha president Soumitra Khan and a large number of party workers were detained by the police in the city on Monday for holding protests on TMC's 'Khela Hobe Diwas'.
The BJP leaders and workers were protesting against the attacks on the party by TMC goons after the West Bengal assembly elections.
After Khan and BJP leaders Kalyan Choubey and Mina Devi Purohit were detained for assembling at Rani Rasmoni Avenue, while Ghosh and Adhikari sat on a dharna at the foot of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on nearby Mayo Road.
"TMC is deliberately creating trouble in Tripura and talking about attack on democracy in that state. What is it doing here? Not allowing us to carry on our peaceful protests," Ghosh said before he was arrested.
