West Bengal Congress President and MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says, "They are stopping us from going here (Sandeshkhali) because they think some secret will come out. They stop us because they are afraid...This is dictatorship..."

#Sandeshkhali : NCSC panel demands President's rule in West Bengal.

There is no other option. SC/ST have to be protected by the state government, but they have failed to do so. Several times, I suggested to them, but they didn't take over the recommendations.... Fifteen ladies told me that there were attempts to rape them...: - NCSC chief Arun Halder

Sandeshkhali: West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) reaches Khulna.

Tulika Das, Chairperson, WBCPCR says "Yesterday, we got to know that some unknown person barged into a house and threw a child from the mother's lap. We took suo moto cognizance to meet the family. We met with the mother of the child...They wanted food, medical support and security and we have provided them all of that..."

#BREAKING : Tension mounts as West Bengal Police resort to lathi charge to disperse female protesters on the eighth day of demonstrations in Sandeshkhali