BJP introduced armed goons in trains from exterior for rally, claims Mamata

By PTI

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the BJP introduced in hoodlums armed with bombs in trains from exterior the state to foment bother throughout its march to the state secretariat Nabanna.

Banerjee, additionally the Trinamool Congress supremo, mentioned the police might have opened hearth on “violent” BJP protesters through the protest march on Tuesday, however the authorities exercised “most” restraint.

“Many police personnel were brutally attacked by the participants of that rally. Police could have opened fire, but our administration showed maximum restraint,” she mentioned throughout an administrative assembly at Nimtouri in Purba Medinipur district.

Given the identical ‘violent’ scenario, at the very least 20 folks would have been killed in firing had it been the Left Front regime, throughout which the police have been “trigger-happy”, TMC nationwide common secretary Abhishek Banerjee, thought-about the quantity two within the get together, claimed in Kolkata.

During the rally, BJP supporters fought pitched battles with the police, threw stones at them, torched a car and broken a kiosk whereas the cops used batons and water cannons to disperse the protesters. Several individuals from each side have been injured within the melee.

The CM mentioned the protest march inconvenienced commuters and merchants, because it was held barely a number of weeks forward of Durga Puja, the state’s largest competition.

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“We have nothing against democratic and peaceful protests. But the BJP and its supporters resorted to violence, vandalism and arson. They torched properties and instilled fear among people. We won’t allow this. Arrests are being made, and law will take its own course,” she mentioned.

Banerjee, additionally the CM’s nephew, mentioned democratic protesters wouldn’t torch a police car or assault a cop who had solely a walkie-talkie in his hand.

He was speaking to reporters after visiting Assistant Commissioner of Police Debjit Chatterjee, who was injured through the rally, at SSKM Hospital.

“Had I been present at the spot where the vandals poured petrol in a police vehicle and set it ablaze, I would have fired at the head of the attackerS. I am speaking only as an ordinary man angry with such rowdyism, not as a member of a force under TMC rule which is sensible, restrained and humane,” Abhishek Banerjee mentioned.

He requested “a section of the judiciary” to take a look at the protesters who took the legislation into their fingers and did mayhem.

In the TMC rule, the police don’t open hearth indiscriminately as was the norm within the Left Front regime, he claimed.

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He sought to remind the folks that police firing had left 13 folks useless through the TMC’s march to Writers Buildings, the then state secretariat, on July 21, 1993, when the CPI(M)-led Left Front was in energy within the state.

“I salute all our police personnel for their tireless efforts in maintaining law & order in our state; Kolkata is the safest city owing to you,” the TMC MP mentioned in a Facebook publish later.

Abhishek Banerjee additionally took a dig on the Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari for telling a policewoman to not contact her when “she asked him to accompany her to a police vehicle”.

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar described the TMC chief’s remark about firing at protesters as “alarming”. “His words will only embolden the police and cadre giving rise to shootings in future,” he mentioned.

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Majumdar claimed the vandalism throughout Tuesday’s protest march was instigated by TMC males who have been amongst BJP activists to malign the saffron get together.

He mentioned BJP will launch an intense motion after Kali Puja throughout West Bengal towards the “misrule” of the TMC.

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the BJP introduced in hoodlums armed with bombs in trains from exterior the state to foment bother throughout its march to the state secretariat Nabanna.

Banerjee, additionally the Trinamool Congress supremo, mentioned the police might have opened hearth on “violent” BJP protesters through the protest march on Tuesday, however the authorities exercised “most” restraint.

“Many police personnel were brutally attacked by the participants of that rally. Police could have opened fire, but our administration showed maximum restraint,” she mentioned throughout an administrative assembly at Nimtouri in Purba Medinipur district.

Given the identical ‘violent’ scenario, at the very least 20 folks would have been killed in firing had it been the Left Front regime, throughout which the police have been “trigger-happy”, TMC nationwide common secretary Abhishek Banerjee, thought-about the quantity two within the get together, claimed in Kolkata.

During the rally, BJP supporters fought pitched battles with the police, threw stones at them, torched a car and broken a kiosk whereas the cops used batons and water cannons to disperse the protesters. Several individuals from each side have been injured within the melee.

The CM mentioned the protest march inconvenienced commuters and merchants, because it was held barely a number of weeks forward of Durga Puja, the state’s largest competition.

ALSO READ| ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’: Bengal police use tear gasoline to disperse BJP activists; a number of harm as protest escalates into violence

“We have nothing against democratic and peaceful protests. But the BJP and its supporters resorted to violence, vandalism and arson. They torched properties and instilled fear among people. We won’t allow this. Arrests are being made, and law will take its own course,” she mentioned.

Banerjee, additionally the CM’s nephew, mentioned democratic protesters wouldn’t torch a police car or assault a cop who had solely a walkie-talkie in his hand.

He was speaking to reporters after visiting Assistant Commissioner of Police Debjit Chatterjee, who was injured through the rally, at SSKM Hospital.

“Had I been present at the spot where the vandals poured petrol in a police vehicle and set it ablaze, I would have fired at the head of the attackerS. I am speaking only as an ordinary man angry with such rowdyism, not as a member of a force under TMC rule which is sensible, restrained and humane,” Abhishek Banerjee mentioned.

He requested “a section of the judiciary” to take a look at the protesters who took the legislation into their fingers and did mayhem.

In the TMC rule, the police don’t open hearth indiscriminately as was the norm within the Left Front regime, he claimed.

ALSO READ| ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’: Suvendu detained in Kolkata, clashes between BJP employees, police throughout Bengal

He sought to remind the folks that police firing had left 13 folks useless through the TMC’s march to Writers Buildings, the then state secretariat, on July 21, 1993, when the CPI(M)-led Left Front was in energy within the state.

“I salute all our police personnel for their tireless efforts in maintaining law & order in our state; Kolkata is the safest city owing to you,” the TMC MP mentioned in a Facebook publish later.

Abhishek Banerjee additionally took a dig on the Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari for telling a policewoman to not contact her when “she asked him to accompany her to a police vehicle”.

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar described the TMC chief’s remark about firing at protesters as “alarming”. “His words will only embolden the police and cadre giving rise to shootings in future,” he mentioned.

ALSO READ: Police might have opened hearth on violent BJP protesters, however govt exercised restraint: Mamata

Majumdar claimed the vandalism throughout Tuesday’s protest march was instigated by TMC males who have been amongst BJP activists to malign the saffron get together.

He mentioned BJP will launch an intense motion after Kali Puja throughout West Bengal towards the “misrule” of the TMC.