Reacting sharply to the attack on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team in West Bengal, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday (January 5) likened the regime of the Trinamool Congress authorities in the state to that of North Korean chief Kim Jong Un beneath whom democracy is noticeably absent in the nation. The Minister stated that democracy doesn’t appear to be hailing in Mamata Banerjee-ruled state and that it seems that there’s a “Kim Jong-Un government”.
“There is nothing like democracy in West Bengal. There seems to be a Kim Jong-Un government there. Adhir Ranjan has said that it would not be new even if there was a murder. This is Mamata Banerjee’s democracy,” Giriraj Singh alleged.
When the ED team reached West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Thursday night time, their automobile was attacked and its home windows have been damaged.
BJP slams TMC over incident
The BJP lashed out at the TMC over the incident and alleged that the “goons” of the social gathering and the Rohingya Muslims who had illegally crossed into Bengal had carried out the attack in which two to 3 ED officers have been injured.
“The ED officers, who were carrying out an investigation, came under attack by TMC goons and Rohingyas, who infiltrated Bengal. Jungle Raj is prevailing in West Bengal under the very nose of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,” the BJP alleged.
Congress comes down closely on ‘ally’ TMC
Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury additionally criticised its ally in the I.N.D.I.A bloc TMC, and stated that there was no legislation and order in the state.
“After the attack by goons of the ruling government on ED officials, it is clear that there is no law and order in the state. Today, they were injured, tomorrow they can be murdered. Such a thing would not come as a surprise to me,” he stated.
TMC hits again
TMC chief Kunal Ghosh dubbed Chowdhury because the “agent of the BJP”.
“Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is an agent of BJP,” Ghosh stated.
What really occurred?
On Thursday night time, an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team was attacked and its automobiles broken in Sandeshkhali village of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal, when it tried to raid the residence of block-level leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in reference to an alleged ration rip-off case, an official of the company stated.
The ED was conducting raids at the residence of former Bongaon Municipality Chairman Shankar Adhya in Bangaon and TMC chief Sheikh Shahjahan’s home in reference to the alleged ration rip-off case.
The TMC chief’s supporters began protesting exterior the chief’s residence whereas the raid was underway and later on a mob attacked ED officers and vandalised their vehicles, ED officers stated.
Two officers of the company sustained accidents in the incident.
“Eight folks got here to the spot. We three moved from the incident spot …they attacked us,” a member of the raiding ED team stated.
(With ANI inputs)
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