New Delhi: Strongly condemning the "barbaric treatment" by the West Bengal police towards the BJP workers during their 'Nabanna Chalo' protest on Thursday, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that he got to know that the water sprayed on them was laced with chemicals.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda also came down heavily on the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal after the police used water cannons and lathi-charged Bharatiya Janata Party workers who were protesting at Howrah Bridge.
Speaking to media persons, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Around one lakh BJP members took out a march towards the state secretariat against the spate of recent political killings in Bengal. But police used barbaric force with lathi-charge and water cannons to stop them, because of which 1,500 were injured."
He further goes on to state, “In your state, media personnel can get arrested over a drawing of a cartoon and if anyone says anything against then they are killed. The reason for this is extremely clear, Trinamool Congress and Mamata Banerjee’s politics is shaking and the very reason for the same is the last Lok Sabha elections, where BJP won 18 seats.”
"I was told that the water sprayed on the BJP march was laced with chemicals because many started vomiting," Prasad said.