West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in an obvious jibe at state BJP leaders, mentioned on Monday that these threatening of extra Cooch Behar-like killings ought to be banned politically. She puzzled what sort of human beings are politicians who say that there can be extra Sitalkuchi-like incidents and that the dying toll ought to have been increased.
Four folks had been killed in CISF firing after they “attempted to snatch the rifles of the central forces” whereas voting was underway in Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar district within the fourth part on Saturday, sparking a political storm within the state. “Some political leaders are threatening of more Sitalkuchi-like incidents, while others are saying that the death toll should have been higher. I am stunned and shocked to see such reactions. What are these leaders up to? They should be politically banned,” Banerjee mentioned, whereas addressing an election rally at Ranaghat in Nadia district.
BJP leaders had been seen referring to the Cooch Behar killings and threatening that extra such incidents might occur if “naughty boys” take the legislation into their arms and that greater than 4 folks ought to have been killed within the firing. Banerjee alleged that the BJP is killing its personal staff and leaders and damaging their automobiles “to bring a bad name to the TMC”.
“Before conspiring to kill four persons in CISF firing, the BJP, a party of murderers, killed a Rajbongshi brother,” she mentioned. Apart from the 4 individuals who had been killed in CISF firing, one other man was shot lifeless exterior a polling sales space by unidentified individuals in the identical Sitalkuchi meeting constituency space.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has alleged that Banerjee paid tributes solely to the 4 individuals killed in CISF firing as a result of they had been from the minority neighborhood. Accusing the BJP of communalising the homicide of younger voters on polling day, Banerjee mentioned, “You cannot succeed in your nefarious game to divide the people of West Bengal. This is not Uttar Pradesh or Gujarat.” Alleging that Shah had hatched the conspiracy of Cooch Behar killings with the complete information of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the feisty TMC chief mentioned, “After returning to power, I will order a probe to unravel the sequence of events, who were involved, how it all started, whether any rumour was at play…everything.” She urged folks to not vote for a celebration that encourages “firing on voters standing in a queue”.
Claiming that her authorities has given land rights to folks settled in refugee colonies within the state, the chief minister mentioned, “The BJP has sent 14 lakh Bengalis in Assam to detention camps. The same fate may await you if they come to power in West Bengal.” She asserted that although she is a Brahmin girl and a religious Hindu who is aware of mantras by coronary heart, caste identification isn’t vital to her. “I consider myself inseparable from Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, SCs, STs, OBCs and all other communities. We don’t exclude anyone in the name of caste, community or religion. Unlike the BJP, we consider everyone as humans,” she mentioned.
“One of the BJP MPs, contesting the assembly polls, has herself damaged the windscreen of her car to give a bad name to the TMC,” she mentioned, in an obvious reference to an incident through which the automobile of saffron celebration chief Locket Chatterjee was broken throughout a TMC protest in Chunchura meeting seat.
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