{"id":77176,"date":"2017-04-12T12:59:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T07:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=77176"},"modified":"2017-04-12T12:59:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T07:29:20","slug":"11-lakhs-for-mamatas-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/11-lakhs-for-mamatas-head\/","title":{"rendered":"11 lakhs for Mamatas head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A leader of the BJP&#8217;s youth wing in Bengal, Yogesh Varshney, has threatened Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, announcing an &#8220;11 lakh rupee reward&#8221; for her head.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Varshney, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, issued the outrageous threat while hitting out at the Chief Minister over police action on a rally held on Sunday to mark Hanuman Jayanti in Birbhum, around 180 km from Kolkata.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alleging that people were beaten up brutally in a baton-charge by the police, the youth leader described the Chief Minister as a &#8220;demon&#8221; and said, &#8220;When I saw the video, I only had one thought&#8230; that if anyone gets me Mamata Banerjee&#8217;s head I will give them 11 lakh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77177\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Yogesh-Varshney-Mamata-Banerjee.jpg\" alt=\"11 lakhs for Mamatas head \" width=\"820\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Yogesh-Varshney-Mamata-Banerjee.jpg 820w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Yogesh-Varshney-Mamata-Banerjee-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Yogesh-Varshney-Mamata-Banerjee-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Slogans of &#8220;Jai Sri Ram&#8221; were raised in the rally which, Mr Varshney claimed, was taken out by devotees not linked to any political party. He accused Mamata Banerjee of &#8220;targeting Hindus&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The police had refused permission for the Birbhum rally and allegedly used batons when the procession was about to enter a street locally called the Madrasa Road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There have been clashes recently during rallies organised in the state to mark Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four people were injured after a bomb was hurled at a Hanuman Jayanti rally, around 40 km from Kolkata.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leader of the BJP&#8217;s youth wing in Bengal, Yogesh Varshney, has threatened Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, announcing an &#8220;11 lakh rupee reward&#8221; for her head. 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