West Bengal was in the throes of widespread violence on Monday that allegedly left a number of BJP staff lifeless and injured in clashes, and retailers being looted, prompting the Union Home Ministry to search a factual report from the state authorities on incidents of assault on opposition staff. Videos of arson at a BJP workplace with bamboo poles and roof tiles burning amid apprehensive cries of individuals working away from the premises have been shared by the celebration. Photos of lifeless males, and other people scampering with attire looted from a store have been all over the place on social media.
BJP claimed not less than six of its staff and supporters together with a lady was killed in assaults the celebration blamed on the TMC. The BJP shared a video with journalists displaying a ransacked celebration workplace in Nandigram the place piles of paperwork, posters, and damaged furnishings lay scattered all over the place. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had Sunday misplaced the seat to her former lieutenant-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar summoned state Home Secretary, DGP and Kolkata Commissioner of Police and directed them to restore peace. He mentioned with them the state of affairs following the incidents that happened a day after the ruling TMC returned to energy with an amazing majority crushing the BJP.
“ACS Home @HomeBengal who was called by me in wake of rising post poll violence in State has been directed to submit report on post poll violence and vandalism in State & steps taken,” Dhankhar tweeted after assembly Home Secretary H Okay Dwivedi. He additionally individually met DGP P Nirajnayan and Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra and directed them to restore legislation and order.
“DGP West Bengal Police and Commissioner of Kolkata Police summoned by me in the wake of continually rising post poll incidents of arson, looting and violence as also killings in the state were indicated of alarming scenario. Called upon them to take all steps to restore law and order,” he added. “MHA has asked West Bengal Government for a report on the post-election violence targeting opposition political workers in the state,” a spokesperson tweeted.
Meanwhile, BJP nationwide president JP Nadda shall be in the state on a 2-day go to to meet the affected households of the celebration staff.
BJP National President Shri @JPNadda shall be visiting West Bengal on 4-5May, in view of the vast unfold submit outcomes retributive violence unleashed on BJP staff and supporters by felony components in the TMC cadre.He shall be visiting households of the affected karyakartas.
— BJP (@BJP4India) May 3, 2021
Banerjee, in the meantime, urged her supporters to keep peace amid studies of violence and requested them not to fall prey to provocations. The central forces dedicated many atrocities on TMC supporters in the course of the elections, she alleged.
“Even after the results were announced, BJP attacked our supporters in certain areas but we ask our men not to get provoked and instead report to the police,” she advised a press convention. BJP nationwide spokesman Anil Baluni mentioned, earlier than being killed a BJP employee was on Facebook reside twice to say even animals and youngsters weren’t being spared by the attackers.
He additionally shared photos of individuals with large cuts on head and unconscious males mendacity with bandages wrapped round their limbs. A video confirmed younger males working away with garments looted from a store named ‘Hong Kong Fashion’. The faces of a few of them have been smeared with inexperienced color, and a voice, apparently of the person taking pictures it, gleefully mentioned “Yehi hona chahiye tha…hum to mijaz bana rahe the. (This should have happened. I was preparing for it).
Another video clip showed a group of burqa clad women standing outside the shop, shouting angrily and asking “yeh Mamata raj hai ki goonda raj hai (is it the rule of Mamata (Banerjee) or the rule of hooligans?” One of them said her brother ran ‘Hong Kong Fashion’ and worked for the BJP. “It was his selection, why ought to anybody cease him? People ought to be free to be with anybody, vote for anyone-TMC or BJP,” she said as some other women joined her and were seen raging against the perpetrators much of which was not comprehensible.
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