Describing the present state of affairs within the violence-hit areas of West Bengal as “peaceful”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed {that a} ‘reality discovering’ group despatched by a little-known NGO was visiting the state in a bid to disrupt legislation and order state of affairs right here. Questioning the authority of the group headed by a former Patna High Court choose, Banerjee identified that Ram Navami processions organised by BJP had carried arms and pushed tractors and intentionally taken routes the place ‘Namaz’ was being supplied.
“The situation is absolutely peaceful now. To disrupt peace in the area, the fact finding team has come here. What is the function of this team? What does it do? In every matter, they (the Centre) send the Human Rights Commission, Women’s Commission, Child Commission and Media Commission,” Banerjee, additionally the Trinamool Congress supremo, stated. West Bengal has witnessed violence in elements of Hooghly and Howrah districts throughout Ram Navami rallies. Police didn’t permit the ‘fact-finding’ group, led by retired Patna High Court choose L Narasimha Reddy, to go to any of the violence-hit areas citing prohibitory orders.
?They intentionally went there throughout namaz time… BJP supporters carried revolvers, danced with arms… Why folks will carry arms, drive tractors and bulldozers in non secular rallies? who gave them permission? These are unlawful. These persons are outsiders and have been introduced from Munger,” Banerjee said at the state secretariat on Monday. The TMC had released a video where one person was seen carrying a firearm in a rally purportedly at Kazipara in Howrah. Police later arrested him from Munger in Bihar. In a press conference, the ‘fact finding’ team demanded an NIA probe into the violence in West Bengal, alleging that the police administration had been “hand-in-glove with the rioters”.
Asserting that the group might meet just a few victims of the clashes although it was not allowed to go to the violence-hit areas, Reddy stated, “Going by the pattern and methods (of the violence), it needs to be investigated by the NIA.” He stated the group will submit a report back to the National Human Rights Commission as there could also be a component of nationwide safety. The chief minister praised the police for coping with the state of affairs tactfully, saying that in any other case there could possibly be deaths.
