{"id":9206,"date":"2020-07-25T14:15:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T14:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=9206"},"modified":"2020-07-25T14:15:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T14:15:20","slug":"cyclone-amphan-bengal-bjp-chief-dilip-ghosh-stopped-from-visiting-south-24-parganas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=9206","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Amphan: Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh stopped from visiting South 24 Parganas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"editor\" id=\"storycenterbyline\">By: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/agency\/pti\/\">PTI<\/a> | Kolkata |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-05-23T12:54:37+05:30\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated: May 23, 2020  12:54:37 pm\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg?w=759\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"759\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"422\"\/><\/span><span class=\"custom-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6423745 size-full\" alt=\"cyclone amphan, cyclone amphan updates, cyclone amphan news, cyclone amphan latest updates, dilip ghosh stopped at south 24 parganas, cyclone amphan dilip ghosh, west bengal news\" src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg 759w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg?resize=450,250 450w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg?resize=600,334 600w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg?resize=728,405 728w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg?resize=150,83 150w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6423745 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg\" alt=\"cyclone amphan, cyclone amphan updates, cyclone amphan news, cyclone amphan latest updates, dilip ghosh stopped at south 24 parganas, cyclone amphan dilip ghosh, west bengal news\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg 759w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg?resize=450,250 450w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg?resize=600,334 600w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg?resize=728,405 728w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/dilip-ghosh.jpg?resize=150,83 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\"\/><\/noscript> Dilip Ghosh was on his way to Canning and Basanti, two of the many areas of the district affected by cyclone Amphan, to distribute relief materials. (Twitter\/Dilip Ghosh)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>West Bengal <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/bjp\/\">BJP<\/a> president Dilip Ghosh was on Saturday stopped by police from visiting the cyclone-ravaged areas of the South 24 Parganas district, triggering a war of words between the saffron party and the ruling TMC.<\/p>\n<p>Ghosh was on his way to Canning and Basanti, two of the many areas of the district affected by cyclone <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/what-is\/cyclone-amphan-6410113\/\">Amphan<\/a>, to distribute relief materials.<\/p>\n<p>His car was stopped by the police at Dhalai bridge near Garia area of the district.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">While moving towards <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AMPHANCyclone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#AMPHANCyclone<\/a> affected areas of Baruipur-Canning-Basanti, police barricade at Dhalai bridge (Kolkata). Strange! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pifwEjLwll\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/pifwEjLwll<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dilip Ghosh (@DilipGhoshBJP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DilipGhoshBJP\/status\/1264053223914188800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 23, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why I have been stopped from visiting the cyclone-affected areas. The TMC leaders are visiting these places and distributing relief materials. The police is not stopping them. The rule only changes for the BJP leaders,\u201d Ghosh said.<\/p>\n<p>His comment came after Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/narendra-modi\">Narendra Modi<\/a> had announced an advance assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for the cyclone-hit state and an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the families of each of those killed and Rs 50,000 for the injured.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cyclone Amphan: Bengal bears maximum brunt, Kolkata airport hangars collapse\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1uInxVweojc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ghosh threatened to organise a sit-in, if he was not allowed to go to the affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the state government wants to pursue relief politics, they should get ready for a befitting reply from our workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP workers accompanying Ghosh had a mild scuffle with the police personnel, and they pushed the men in uniform to pave the way for the vehicle of the party\u2019s state president.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"custom-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6422226 size-full\" alt=\"cyclone amphan, cyclone amphan updates, cyclone amphan news, cyclone amphan latest updates, dilip ghosh stopped at south 24 parganas, cyclone amphan dilip ghosh, west bengal news\" src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg 759w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg?resize=450,250 450w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg?resize=600,334 600w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg?resize=728,405 728w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg?resize=150,83 150w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6422226 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg\" alt=\"cyclone amphan, cyclone amphan updates, cyclone amphan news, cyclone amphan latest updates, dilip ghosh stopped at south 24 parganas, cyclone amphan dilip ghosh, west bengal news\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg 759w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg?resize=450,250 450w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg?resize=600,334 600w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg?resize=728,405 728w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/cyclone-amphan4-1.jpg?resize=150,83 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\"\/><\/noscript> Men cut branches of an uprooted tree in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan, in South 24 Parganas district, on Thursday. (Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When contacted, the police declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Kolkata Mayor and state minister Firhad Hakim wondered why the state BJP was keen on doing politics over the distribution of relief materials.<\/p>\n<p>Ghosh had on Friday demanded that the assistance should be credited to the bank accounts of the people, affected by cyclone Amphan, to avoid siphoning of money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"appstext\"><strong>\ud83d\udce3 <em>The Indian Express is now on Telegram. 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(Twitter\/Dilip Ghosh) West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh was on Saturday stopped by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kolkata"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dilip-Ghosh.jpgw759.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}