New Delhi: The West Bengal Police detained and later launched the state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday after he staged a protest demanding the arrest of TMC chief Shahjahan Sheikh within the violence-affected Sandeshkhali space of North 24 Parganas district. The BJP chief was taken into custody by the police whereas he was protesting in entrance of a police station in Sandeshkhali. After his launch, Majumdar stated that the police forcefully picked me up and arrested and detained me. The BJP state chief alleged that the “police lifted them forcefully”. “I used to be arrested, then made to signal a bail bond and later launched. We have been arrested for sitting on a dharna right here. We will proceed to lift our voices and protest till our employees are allowed to go to Sandeshkhali,” he added.
“We were sitting on a protest and they were saying that we were breaking 144. This partial 144 will not work. We will have to go to court if needed. There was a fight with our security forces. The media was stopped and cameras were turned off. The voice of the opposition is being suppressed. The police can fight as much as they want. We will sit here,” the Bengal BJP chief added.
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Majumdar had obtained permission from the police to go to the troubled space in Sandeshkhali on Thursday. He was accompanied by numerous safety personnel and interacted with the ladies of Sandeshkhali who’ve been agitating in opposition to the alleged atrocities dedicated by the TMC chief and his associates. Earlier within the day, Majumdar had additionally visited the jailed social gathering employees within the Basirhat space of the district.
Speaking to information company ANI, Majumdar stated that he was not allowed to go contained in the jail and meet the social gathering employees. “They (jail administration) didn’t permit me to go inside. I will meet them (party workers) from outside just like a common family,” he stated.
He additionally stated that he had given a written request to fulfill Vikas Singh and 11 different social gathering employees who he claimed have been harmless and had performed nothing fallacious. “They (administration) said that only local MP is allowed to meet. I asked them to show me the Act where it is written. As an MP, it is my legal right to visit the jail. I am here till the jailer’s sense prevails, but it seems those who are on the other side of the call aren’t allowing it. For Mamata Banerjee, her will is the constitution,” he stated.
Majumdar additionally raised questions on why the TMC chief Sheikh Shahjahan had not been arrested but and stated that he wished to ask the DGP about it. He stated that the ST Commission should go to the world as the vast majority of the victims of the Sandeshkhali violence have been STs.
On Monday, Majumdar had introduced that the BJP would maintain a 72-hour-long protest within the coming days demanding the arrest of Sheikh Shahjahan amid the unrest within the state over the Sandeshkhali difficulty.
Addressing a press convention in New Delhi, Majumdar stated, “We will hold a minimum 72-hour long protest in the coming days demanding the arrest of Sheikh Shahjahan. The probable day of protest is February 22.”
He additionally criticized Mamata Banerjee for accusing the BJP of instigating violence within the state and stated that she must be extra delicate in the direction of the ladies within the state and chorus from making such statements.
SC Stays Privileges Committee Proceedings
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee proceedings in opposition to West Bengal senior officers within the matter regarding the Sandeshkhali protest.
The Privileges Committee discover got here on a grievance filed by BJP Member of Parliament Sukanta Majumdar for alleged misconduct, brutality, and inflicting life-threatening accidents by the police officers and district administration of Basirhat, North 24 Parganas District of West Bengal.
West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali space has been witnessing large unrest for over 10 days as girls protestors are searching for justice in opposition to alleged atrocities dedicated by TMC chief Sheikh Shajahan and his aides.
