KOLKATA: Amid a political storm over the alleged sexual harassment of girls in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has mentioned she has “never allowed injustice” and accused the BJP of inciting bother on the island in North 24 Parganas district. I’ve by no means supported injustice. I despatched the state fee and administration there. 17 folks have been arrested to date…Our ladies’s crew is current there. A ladies police crew is visiting folks at their doorsteps to hearken to their grievances. We will certainly deal with the problems that will likely be reported. I have to know the matter to behave on it. RSS has a base there. Riots occurred there 7-8 years again. It is among the susceptible riot spots. We dealt with the state of affairs strongly throughout Saraswati Puja or else there have been different plans,” the Bengal CM mentioned.
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On Sandeshkhali violence, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says “I have never supported injustice. I sent the state commission and administration there. 17 people have been arrested so far…Our women’s team is present there. A women police team is visiting people at their… pic.twitter.com/n9ZPR7BBnC
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The Trinamool Congress supremo made these remarks within the state Assembly, shortly after the principle Opposition BJP staged a walkout over the raging subject. Blaming the BJP for the unrest within the space, Mamata mentioned the Centre had focused native Trinamool chief Sheikh Shahjahan via the Enforcement Directorate. “First, they entered the area and targeted Sheikh Shahjahan through ED and then they started the trouble thereby getting people in. There is an RSS base in Sandeshkhali. There were riots earlier too,” she mentioned.Â
Scuffle Breaks Out Between BJP, Bengal Police
Meanwhile, a scuffle broke out between the police and Bharatiya Janata Party employees in the course of the BJP’s protest in West Bengal’s Siliguri district on Thursday over the Sandeshkhali incident. Women in Sandeshkhali have been agitating for the previous few days over alleged atrocities dedicated in opposition to them by TMC chief Shajahan Sheikh and his aides.
Tension simmered within the Sandeshkhali space of North 24 Parganas district’s Basirhat subdivision on Tuesday throughout a protest by BJP employees led by state occasion president Sukanta Majumder in opposition to the alleged sexual harassment of girls. Majumdar sustained accidents in the course of the police lathi-charge as a scuffle broke out between the police and occasion employees.
In reference to the violence, the BJP additionally fashioned a six-member committee of Union Ministers and MPs to go to Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North Pargana district and acquire details about the alleged incidents of sexual harassment and violence in opposition to ladies there.
Section 144 Reimposed
The West Bengal authorities has reimposed Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in and round 500 metres of space in seven-gram panchayats, together with Sandeshkhali. Sector 144 has been imposed within the space until February 19 to keep up regulation and order in view of the agitation by the BJP over allegations of sexual harassment by ladies in Sandeshkhali block.
The Trinamool Congress has, nonetheless, blamed the BJP for attempting to vitiate the environment in Sandeshkhali.”The only motive of the BJP was to create issues and indulge in hooliganism while going to Sandeshkhali or reaching near the place. Stone pelting ensued, and people were injured there. They (BJP) say that women must be respected…Smriti Irani made instigating statements. The TMC condemns the conduct of the BJP, under the leadership of Sukanta Majumdar,” TMC Spokesperson Sashi Panja mentioned.
After listening to the grievances of girls who’ve been protesting in opposition to the violence and sexual assault by the supporters of Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chairman Arun Haldar mentioned that he’ll submit a report of the violence-hit Sandeshkhali space of West Bengal to President Droupadi Murmu on Friday at 11 am.
A delegation from the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) is within the violence-hit Sandeshkhali space of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district to evaluate the state of affairs and hearken to the victims as ladies have been protesting in opposition to the violence and sexual assault by supporters of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
