The Congress in West Bengal today took out a rally in support of the actor Rhea Chakraborty who has been charged in alleged drugs-related case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of Congress workers hit the streets of West Bengal’s Kolkata on Saturday seeking justice for the actor, calling her ‘daughter of Bengal’.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, current president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, was not present during the rally. It is being reported that the orders to take out the rally was given by him in order to gain political brownie points.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, after taking over as PCC president in Kolkata, had described Rhea Chakraborty as a ‘Bengali Brahmin lady’ and called her arrest over drug charges “ludicrous”.
“Political conspiracy and vindictive behaviour against Rhea Chakraborty, the daughter of Bengal, will not be tolerated,” the Congress tweeted today.
Rhea Chakraborty is in Mumbai’s Byculla jail after being arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Her bail was denied by a Mumbai court. The bail requests of her brother Showik Chakraborty and four other accused were also rejected.