"Not Justifying Killings, But..." : Mamata Banerjee For Bengal Violence.

 

Bengal violence: Eight people burned alive as their homes were set on fire by a mob near the town of Rampurhat in Birbhum district on Tuesday. The killings were allegedly in retaliation for the killing of the Trinamool leader yesterday.


BJP targeted eight people killed in Bengal's Birbhum, Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee said today "such incidents took place in Gujarat and Rajasthan" and confirmed the action "in the right way". He also said he would visit the area tomorrow.
Eight people were detained in their homes and set on fire by a mob near the town of Rampurhat in Birbhum, during protests following the death of Trinamool Congress district leader Badu Sheikh in a bomb attack on Monday.

The violence and assassination sparked a rift between Mamata Banerjee and the BJP, who demanded his dismissal and an ongoing investigation.

"Such incidents have happened in Gujarat and Rajasthan again. I do not condone the Rampurhat incident. We will take appropriate action," Mamata Banerjee said today.

"The government is ours, we are concerned about the people of our region. We will never want anyone to suffer. The Birbhum, Rampurhat incident is unfortunate. .

To BJP leaders who said they were barred from visiting the area, Ms Banerjee said: "This is Bengal, not Uttar Pradesh. I had sent a Trinamool team to Hathras (where a young woman died in 2020 after being gang-raped) but we were not allowed in. But we are not stopping anyone from coming here. "

Birbhum's assassination has grown into a major political feud with the BJP in Bengal and the Center, with Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of allowing the state to fall into chaos and lawlessness.

Mr Dhankhar on Tuesday called the deaths of eight people "horrific" and said the state was caught up in a culture of "violence and lawlessness".

Ms Banerjee responded harshly, saying her comments were "inappropriate".

Mr Dhankhar, in his three-page reply to Ms Banerjee today, defended himself, saying the Prime Minister had taken "a suspicious" situation "" for his restricted response ".

"As usual, you have decided to blame me for my reaction to the horrific massacre still remembered in Rampurhat ... The shocking massacre is compared to many incidents in the province, over the past few years, while in opposition groups," the Governor wrote.

"By using different tactics, you have called my reaction as sweeping and unspoken. In such a face, I cannot play Raj Bhavan and be a dumb observer," he added.

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