ABVP demands resignation of Education minister

Kolkata: The ABVP Tuesday burnt effigies of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and demanded immediate resignation of state Education minister Partha Chatterjee over the killing of two students in Islampur last week. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh organised a protest march in central Kolkata against the killing of two youths and demanded resignation of Chatterjee. As soon as the rally reached Dharmatala crossing, ABVP activists burnt effigy of chief minister and shouted slogans against the state government and the police. The police tried to pacify the crowd but the ABVP activists remained adamant and squatted on the road leading to a melee with the police officials who used force to disperse the crowd. “The state government for the sake of its appeasement politics had allowed the killing of two youths. The state government has to answer the question or else the Education minister should resign,” ABVP state president Subir Haldar said. (PTI)