Bengal Under TMC has Become Tragic Example of Violence in Democracy: BJP

GG News Bureau

Kolkata, 8th July. The BJP condemned the TMC government in West Bengal on Saturday, claiming that the state has become a tragic example of violence in democracy.

Taking aim at the TMC over the panchayat election violence, BJP spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Sudhanshu Trivedi told reporters that the state was once a centre of art, culture, and science. It is now known for “crimes, anti-national activities, and dangerous appeasement.”

He claimed that the government of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been using criminals for violence during the polls by giving them protection.

Members of the BJP and the Left-Congress combine have been killed and such a situation has emerged that different factions of the TMC are attacking each other, Trivedi alleged.

Violence has been going on in Bengal for years. It is not only continuing but gradually rising, he said.

Taking a swipe at the BJP’s critics, Trivedi said they cannot see these murders in their opposition to the party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The situation in Bengal is a lot like in Bihar of the 1990s, Trivdei said, accusing the TMC of tainting the polls with blood. The state government’s actions have been exposed through Constitutional means, he said.

The BJP leader also praised the judicial system’s involvement in the elections, saying things could have been far worse if these measures, including the deployment of central forces, had not been implemented.

In a jab at the State Election Commission, he stated that it has demanded security forces for the conduct of polls but cannot specify what kind of personnel should be there.

While the state’s opposition parties, such as the BJP, have advocated for increased deployment of central forces, accusing state police of siding with the governing party, the TMC has frequently labeled similar charges against the central forces.

Around 5.67 crore voters are expected to cast votes for nearly 928 seats spread among 22 zilla parishads, 9,730 panchayat samities, and 63,229 gram panchayats.