India, July 27 -- West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders led two rallies in Kolkata on Monday with national flags, calling it a Tiranga Yatra by "nationalists" against the ones held by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and other "anti-nationalist forces".

One started from Sealdah in north Kolkata and ended at Esplanade, the same route followed by the Left-backed rally on July 24 to express solidarity with the CJP-led protests at Jantar Mantar to press for former education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. The second rally was held from Golpark to Jadavpur in south Kolkata.

"This is a people's movement against anti-nationals who are trying to defame the nation and the central government through false propaganda. Nationalist ...