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Maha: BJP stages 'dharna' in Mumbai over alleged atrocities against Hindus in West Bengal

Mumbai, Apr 26 (UNI) The city unit of BJP staged a 'dharna' outside the party's state office here on Saturday, on behalf of the Bengali cell of the party, to protest against alleged genocide of the Hindus in West Bengal.
On this occasion, the protesters made a demand to impose the President's rule in West Bengal to protect Hindus.
Talking to reporters after agitation, Mumbai BJP president Advocate Ashish Shelar alleged that violence in West Bengal was an insult to the Constitution.
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