By IANS,
Kolkata: Activists of the Chhatra Parishad, the student’s wing of the Congress, Sunday waved black flags at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari here to protest his controversial remarks against the party about parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
Supporters and activists of the Chatra Parishad staged the protest outside Mahajati Sadan, where Gadkari was scheduled to address BJP workers on the 109th birth anniversary of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.
“We have staged the protest against Gadkari for his remarks against our party,” said Sourav Chakroborty, president of West Bengal Chatra Parishad.
“Workers of the Congress were staging protest outside the venue but we have moved them out from the spot. The situation is fully under control,” said an official manning thee city police control room.
A war of words is currently on between Congress and BJP over Gadkari’s comments July 8 that parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was the “son-in-law” of the Congress.
Gadkari had attacked the Congress over the delay in executing the death sentence of Afzal Guru and asked if the convict was Congress’ “son-in-law”.
Afzal Guru was sentenced to death for his role in the Dec 13, 2001, attack on parliament. He has filed a mercy petition with the president.