KOLKATA/BEHRAMPORE: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused BSF of instigating the April 12 anti-Waqf violence in Murshidabad in which three people died. "Had BSF not opened fire on protesters in Shamsherganj that day, the mob violence and subsequent killings of Haragobinda Das and his son Chandan would not have happened. This is my firm belief. The violence was pre-planned," she claimed in Murshidabad.
This was the TMC chief's first trip to the area after the mayhem. She is expected to travel on Tuesday to strife-scarred pockets of Samsherganj and Suti.
Mamata also alluded to last month's Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 tourists, including three from Bengal, were killed. "Please take care of India's international borders instead of facilitating communal violence. Please take care of India. Please give justice to those who have lost their dear ones," she said, referring to the J&K carnage.
Mamata then took a dig at the "acting PM". While she did not name anyone, she had in recent weeks accused Union home minister Amit Shah and his department of failing to stop people from across the Bangladesh border entering Murshidabad and stoking tension. "I have seen all of them (PMs) from close quarters as an MP. I am not talking about the PM now but the 'acting PM'. Who is the acting PM? I do not know. Perhaps the BJP can answer. I will tell him, take care of the borders instead of creating communal tension," Mamata said.
The CM pointed out that teams of BJP, NHRC and others had come to Murshidabad in the aftermath of the violence and alleged that no such visits were made to other trouble spots, including strife-scarred Manipur. "You (BJP) came here the very next day after the incident (on April 13). NHRC came here but did not go to Manipur in two years. Nor did they go to Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Bihar or Delhi," Mamata alleged.
The CM accused BJP of "taking away" the family of riot victims Haragobinda and Chandan from their home two days before her visit. "I would have handed over Rs 10 lakh each to the families. But why did you (BJP) hide them? Is this not kidnapping? You have used them to badmouth me. Have I asked anyone to riot?" Mamata asked.
This was the TMC chief's first trip to the area after the mayhem. She is expected to travel on Tuesday to strife-scarred pockets of Samsherganj and Suti.
Mamata also alluded to last month's Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 tourists, including three from Bengal, were killed. "Please take care of India's international borders instead of facilitating communal violence. Please take care of India. Please give justice to those who have lost their dear ones," she said, referring to the J&K carnage.
Mamata then took a dig at the "acting PM". While she did not name anyone, she had in recent weeks accused Union home minister Amit Shah and his department of failing to stop people from across the Bangladesh border entering Murshidabad and stoking tension. "I have seen all of them (PMs) from close quarters as an MP. I am not talking about the PM now but the 'acting PM'. Who is the acting PM? I do not know. Perhaps the BJP can answer. I will tell him, take care of the borders instead of creating communal tension," Mamata said.
The CM pointed out that teams of BJP, NHRC and others had come to Murshidabad in the aftermath of the violence and alleged that no such visits were made to other trouble spots, including strife-scarred Manipur. "You (BJP) came here the very next day after the incident (on April 13). NHRC came here but did not go to Manipur in two years. Nor did they go to Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Bihar or Delhi," Mamata alleged.
The CM accused BJP of "taking away" the family of riot victims Haragobinda and Chandan from their home two days before her visit. "I would have handed over Rs 10 lakh each to the families. But why did you (BJP) hide them? Is this not kidnapping? You have used them to badmouth me. Have I asked anyone to riot?" Mamata asked.
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