Mamata Alleges TMC Leaders Under ‘House Arrest’

Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that her party leaders have been kept under "house arrest" and prevented from attending a rally in Serampore, claiming that BJP workers took over the route to the programme venue. 

Banerjee, who heads the Mamata All India Trinamool Congress, alleged that she was not being allowed to leave for the rally and accused the police and the BJP government of turning a "blind eye to attacks" on TMC



leaders and workers.

"We have been kept under house arrest. I am not allowed to go to the venue of the rally. But I will go and address the rally. Stop me if you can," Banerjee said, before leaving for the venue. "BJP goons have taken over the route to the rally venue. There are no police personnel," she alleged, while referring to the alleged attack on TMC leaders travelling to Serampore. The former chief minister, however, said the rally would be held as it had been permitted by the court.