New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- BJP has temporarily suspended local leader Sudip Ram for staging a protest by locking the main gate of the Entally police station in Kolkata, sources said.
Sudip had earlier been served a show-cause notice and asked to submit a satisfactory explanation within seven days for his actions on the night of Independence Day.
He will remain suspended until further instructions are issued by the party's top leadership. The suspension was ordered by the BJP's disciplinary committee and issued by state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya.
Party insiders said there has been a long-standing division between two factions of the BJP in the Entally Assembly Constituency.
According to sources, Sudip and his brother Dilip's group was planning to hold Durga Puja in ward number 54 of Padmapukur. Khuti puja in this regard was also held. However, Priyanka Tibrewal's group allegedly stopped it. They claimed residents had clashed with Dilip-Sudip's group over the puja.
It was alleged that a few people went on a rampage at a function organised by Dilip-Sudip's camp and some were beaten up. In protest, members of
the affected group surrounded the Entally police station and allegedly locked its gate.
The Dilip-Sudip group claimed none of them locked the gate, alleging police personnel had done so themselves. However, police sources said an FIR was registered against Dilip and Sudeep at Entally Police Station.
After becoming Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari repeatedly said there would be no compromise on law and order. BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya repeatedly said that the party would not allow any of its leaders or workers to indulge in any malpractice.
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