New Delhi, July 16 -- With hundreds of supporters following her, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, July 16, hit the streets of Kolkata to protest the alleged "harassment" of Bengalis in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states. Many senior leaders of the Trinamool Congress, including TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, joined Mamata Banerjee as she led thousands of people in the march.

The march started from College Square in central Kolkata around 1.45 pm and will continue for three kilometres. The march will terminate at Dorina Crossing in Dharmatala. As many as 1,500 police personnel have been assigned to guard the barricaded pavements and adjacent buildings.

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