Three BJP workers in West Bengal were arrested for raising the 'Goli Maro' slogan.

Three BJP activists were arrested for allegedly raising the Goli Maro' slogan during party leader Suvendu Adhikari's roadshow in Hooghly district.

Three BJP activists, including the party’s youth wing chief Suresh Shaw, were arrested on January 21, 2020 for allegedly raising the 'Goli maro sa** ko' (shoot the traitors) slogan during a roadshow of party leader Suvendu Adhikari in Hooghly district. The three of them will be produced in a district court. The workers allegedly held BJP flags and raised the slogan while they were trailing a vehicle carrying Adhikari, Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee and Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta in the Rathtala area of the city. India Today reported that BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said the party does not endorse the slogan.

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