Leader of the opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP said on Monday that the central forces deployed in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha polls should be kept for three more months after the elections. Responding to the BJP leader’s statement, the TMC said it showed a “defeatist mentality”.
Addressing the media after meeting the Election Commission-appointed special observer, Adhikari said this would help in preventing post-poll violence, which led to a slew of deaths following the 2021 assembly elections and the 2023 panchayat polls.
“@SuvenduWB (Adhikari) demanded that Central Forces be allowed to remain in Bengal even after MCC (model code of conduct) has been lifted. He knows it better than anyone else that his Party is in shambles, that BJP commands no political hold in Bengal. So, their only option to salvage their diminishing relevance is by prolonging the stay of Central Forces,” the TMC posted on X.
What a display of DEFEATIST mentality!@SuvenduWB demanded that Central Forces be allowed to remain in Bengal even after MCC has been lifted.
He knows it better than anyone else that his Party is in shambles, that BJP commands no political hold in Bengal. So, their only option… https://t.co/N85BmnnL4k
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) April 8, 2024
The BJP leader said that he would write to Governor CV Ananda Bose, the state’s chief secretary and Union home secretary with the demand. According to officials, a total of 92,000 personnel of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) are likely to be deployed in West Bengal, the highest in any state, for the elections.
Meanwhile, TMC leaders were detained by Delhi Police on Monday while they were holding a dharna outside the Election Commission’s office, demanding that the chiefs of CBI, NIA, ED and Income Tax Department be changed.
The party has been alleging that the central probe agencies have been targeting opposition parties at the behest of the BJP-led Centre.
Our 10-member delegation was protesting peacefully outside Nirvachan Sadan when they were manhandled by HM @AmitShah‘s Delhi Police.
Every time we visit the Capital to demand our rights, this is how our representatives are treated.
We strongly condemn this heavy-handed… pic.twitter.com/YWtPs386iJ
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) April 8, 2024
:The shameless zamindars of Delhi are at it again! The Delhi Police at the orders of HM @AmitShah detained our 10 – member delegation who were sitting on a peaceful protest outside of the @ECISVEEP office in Delhi. This a huge stain on our democracy which is on the verge of slipping into a dictatorship under the misgovernance of PM @narendramodi. We urge the ECI to intervene with immediate effect as our democracy faces unthinkable dangers in the hands of the BJP,” TMC wrote in a post on X.
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