The agitators burnt the effigy of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for her "tacit" support to the state government's move. The saffron party workers also burnt effigies of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee during the rally at Rani Rashmoni road near Raj Bhavan.
The arrested included BJP's state party president Rahul Sinha. It was for the first time that BJP workers burnt effigy of the TC chief -- its one-time electoral ally which severed ties just before the last Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing the rally, state BJP leaders flayed the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre as also CPI(M)-led Left Front government in West Bengal for "going ahead" with the quota for Muslims. They came down heavily against Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government for hastily accepting Ranganath Mishra commission recommendations for quota for Muslims in jobs "with an eye on Muslim vote bank".
More than 100 BJP workers were arrested as they surged ahead violating prohibitory orders, police said.
Published 13 February 2010, 13:17 IST