Police halt Bankura ASHA workers at Swasthya Bhawan

Police personnel attempted to block ASHA workers from Bankura — joined by relatives of deceased health worker Rumpa Mondal — as they marched on Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata on 4 August 2026, protesting alleged insults and mental harassment by Shaltora BJP MLA Chandana Bauri.

Family members of deceased ASHA worker Rumpa Mondal stood alongside colleagues from Bankura as police tried to prevent the group from reaching Swasthya Bhawan, Kolkata, on 4 August 2026, during demonstrations against BJP MLA Chandana Bauri's alleged remarks.

Shaltora BJP MLA Chandana Bauri faces allegations of making insulting remarks and causing mental harassment to ASHA workers, prompting a large-scale demonstration outside Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata, West Bengal, on 4 August 2026.

Demonstrators converged on Swasthya Bhawan — West Bengal's health department headquarters in Kolkata — on 4 August 2026, demanding accountability over the alleged conduct of Shaltora BJP MLA Chandana Bauri towards ASHA workers from Bankura.

Police personnel were deployed outside Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata on 4 August 2026 as the protest by ASHA workers and relatives of the late Rumpa Mondal from Bankura grew, with demonstrators demanding action against BJP MLA Chandana Bauri.

ASHA workers from Bankura district, accompanied by family members of deceased colleague Rumpa Mondal, staged a sit-in outside Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata on 4 August 2026, protesting what they described as alleged insulting remarks and mental harassment by Shaltora BJP MLA Chandana Bauri.

The family of Rumpa Mondal — an ASHA worker from Bankura who is deceased — joined fellow health workers at the Swasthya Bhawan protest in Kolkata on 4 August 2026, linking her death to the alleged harassment attributed to BJP MLA Chandana Bauri.

ASHA workers across West Bengal, led by colleagues from Bankura, rallied outside Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata on 4 August 2026 against BJP MLA Chandana Bauri of Shaltora, who faces allegations of making insulting remarks and inflicting mental harassment on frontline health workers.

Grief-stricken relatives of Rumpa Mondal and ASHA workers from Bankura carried their protest to Kolkata on 4 August 2026, gathering outside Swasthya Bhawan to demand action against the alleged insulting conduct of Shaltora BJP MLA Chandana Bauri.

The Chandana Bauri controversy reached Swasthya Bhawan on 4 August 2026 as ASHA workers from Bankura and kin of the late Rumpa Mondal arrived at the West Bengal health department's Kolkata headquarters to press their demands against the Shaltora BJP legislator.

On 4 August 2026, ASHA workers from Bankura and family members of deceased health worker Rumpa Mondal concluded their demonstration outside Swasthya Bhawan, Kolkata, keeping pressure on authorities to act against Shaltora BJP MLA Chandana Bauri over the alleged harassment.

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