Book stalls run by Left parties have been vandalised, burnt and removed across the state during the festival. Left leaders blame BJP workers for the attacks, and accuse a section of the police of using a narrow Calcutta high court order to clear stalls statewide.
Police and civic officials continued removing Left book stalls across West Bengal on Saturday (October 17) evening while 19 people were crushed to death at a Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata, which was recently taken over by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-controlled committee and residents complained that there were barely any police to manage the crowd in the stampede site.
Book stalls run by Left parties have been vandalised, burnt and removed across the state during the festival. Left leaders blame BJP workers for the attacks, and accuse a section of the police of using a narrow Calcutta high court order to clear stalls statewide.