The rally began from the College Square in the capital of West Bengal. As per the initial information, the protestors have reached till the barricades.
West Bengal Police on Tuesday accused West Bengal LoP and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari of creating a false narrative about four students who have apparently been missing since last night.
A march to Nabanna has been called today by Paschim Banga Chatra Samaj and other organizations which aimed to protest the recent rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor in Kolkata.
Amid the tightened security around the West Bengal state secretariat in the wake of the Nabanna Abhijan Rally, the West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday urged the state government to not to use power to stop the "peaceful protesting students."
In the wake of the Nabanna Abhijan Rally over RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case, the West Bengal police has tightened security around the West Bengal state secretariat "Nabanna".
After West Bengal ADG Police (Law & Order) called the Nabanna Abhijan Rally scheduled for Tuesday illegal, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh asked what right the police have to call it legal or illegal saying that in a democratic country, anyone can protest.
Additional Commissioner of Police Kolkata, Supratim Sarkar on Monday said that they have rejected an application by 'Paschimbanga Chhatro Samaj' to hold a rally called 'Nabanna Abhiyaan' on August 27.
Union Minister and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday questioned the West Bengal police decision to term the 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally 'illegal', stating that the students had announced it through a press conference, indicating police awareness of the event.
West Bengal ADG Police (Law & Order) Manoj Kumar Verma called Nabanna Abhijan Rally on August 27 to reach the Nabanna or State Secretariat as illegal and an attempt to incite widespread unrest in Kolkata.
The West Bengal government made it clear that FMCG major Britannia Industries Limited has no plan to exit the state and the company is "fully committed" to West Bengal.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Assam's Guwahati on Saturday evening after holding the 25th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council in the West Bengal Secretariat in Nabanna today.