Shantipur/Jalpaiguri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of politicising the firing incident at a polling sales space in Sitalkuchi Assembly seat in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district and stated political violence will vanish from the state after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) involves energy.
The Home Minister, who was holding a roadshow in Nadia district’s Santipur for BJP candidate Jagannath Sarkar, alleged the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo’s provocation in opposition to the central forces is accountable for the “sad” incident.
“Yesterday, an unfortunate incident happened in Cooch Behar. Some miscreants attacked the CISF (personnel) and tried to snatch their weapon and in the firing four miscreants died. It is a sad incident. But even sadder is its politicisation. A few days back Mamata had provoked the public against the central forces. I ask Mamata, is her speech not responsible for the incident?” Shah stated.
Continuing his outburst in opposition to the TMC chief, the Union Home Minister alleged that the previous was indulging in politics of appeasement and pleasing her vote financial institution.
“Yesterday Anand Burman died as well but Mamata did not give any statement or tribute to him, just because he was not her vote bank. This shows how low Mamata has stooped in her politics of appeasement. It is not too late, she should pay tribute to the man and apologise for her speech in Cooch Behar,” he stated.
Asserting that the fourth part of polling in West Bengal was largely peaceable aside from the Cooch Behar firing incident, Shah appealed to the folks to vote peacefully and observe the Election Commission’s tips.
The Home Minister’s remarks got here as a first-time voter recognized as Anand Barman was allegedly shot useless by the miscreants on Saturday whereas he was standing in a queue on the polling sales space in Pagalapir of Sitalkuchi meeting constituency in Cooch Behar district.
The household of the deceased held the TMC goons accountable for the incident. The native TMC leaders, nevertheless, rubbished the costs.
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Meanwhile, the Chief Minister too escalated her assault on the Union Home Minister alleging the BJP sensing its defeat in West Bengal is now “using guns”.
“They (BJP-ruled Centre) know they have lost in the four phases. So, now they are using guns. We will take revenge for these bullets in form of ballots,” she stated.
The TMC chief, who was talking in Jalpaiguri, alleged that she was not allowed to go to Cooch Behar publish the incident on Saturday.
“I am a Royal Bengal Tiger. They didn’t let me go (to Cooch Behar). I talked to them (families of deceased in firing incident) over video call sitting in Siliguri,” she stated.
Earlier on Saturday, the TMC registered a powerful protest with the Election Commission over the killing of 4 folks throughout polling in Cooch Behar whereas accusing the BJP and central forces of committing a “cold-blooded murder”.
This got here after the ballot physique ordered adjournment of the polls at polling station quantity 126 within the Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency amid stories of violence.
Over 78 p.c voter turnout was recorded within the fourth part of the meeting elections. The campaigning is in full swing for the fifth part of the meeting polls.
