Kolkata, June 17 -- : Former chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday led a massive protest rally in central Kolkata against the eviction of hawkers without rehabilitation or alternative livelihood arrangements, taking the party's agitation directly to the streets.
The demonstration at Esplanade saw thousands of supporters and hawkers joining the march amid slogans targeting the BJP government over its alleged "bulldozer politics".
Protesters raised slogans such as "Break the BJP bulldozer", "We will not accept BJP's bulldozer" and "Stop bulldozer atrocities on the poor".
Several participants carried placards reading, "I am a working hawker, now unemployed after eviction under BJP rule."Mamata, leading t...