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Trinamool Seeks Presidential, Gubernatorial Meetings Over Bengal Lawlessness
The Trinamool Congress says its people and offices have been attacked in West Bengal.
The party has asked the President and the Governor for meetings.
It wants to explain its concerns about the state’s law and order.
Abhishek Banerjee shared a video of what he said was an attack on his Kolkata office.
He also said another office had been vandalised.
The party blamed BJP activists for the alleged attacks.
The article does not report a BJP response.
Police have questioned Abhishek Banerjee and two others about a separate billboard-related dispute at the office.
The Trinamool Congress has sought appointments with President Droupadi Murmu and Governor R.N. Ravi.
The party wants to raise alleged attacks on its leaders, workers and offices in West Bengal.
Abhishek Banerjee alleged BJP activists attacked his Camac Street office in Kolkata on Thursday.
He said two of his offices were vandalised within the past month.
The Camac Street office has also been involved in a dispute over removal of an allegedly illegal billboard.
- Who
- The Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee, and President Droupadi Murmu and Governor R.N. Ravi.
- What
- The Trinamool Congress sought meetings to complain about alleged attacks and the law and order situation in West Bengal.
- Where
- West Bengal, including Abhishek Banerjee’s offices in Amtala and Camac Street in Kolkata.
- When
- The letters were sent on Thursday; the party said two offices were vandalised during the preceding month.
- Why
- The party says attacks on its leaders, workers and offices show a deterioration of law and order and require intervention.
Key facts
- Party
- Trinamool Congress
- President approached
- Droupadi Murmu
- Governor approached
- R.N. Ravi
- Reported locations
- Amtala in South 24 Parganas and Camac Street in central Kolkata
- Alleged incidents
- Two offices were reportedly vandalised or ransacked within one month
- Police inquiry
- Kolkata Police questioned Abhishek Banerjee, Sumit Roy and Derek O’Brien over the Camac Street office dispute
- Related dispute
- FIRs were registered after a controversy over removing an allegedly illegal Trinamool billboard
Quotes
Trinamool Congress leader
An unnamed leader from the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress faction.
“Once the appointments are given, the party delegations will detail in front of the President and the Governor about the series of attacks on Trinamool leaders, party workers and even party offices since the new Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari-led regime took over West Bengal after Assembly elections earlier this year.”
thehansindia.com
“The police and BJP goons seem to fear neither the law nor the judiciary. This is no longer mere lawlessness. This is open defiance of the rule of law. If this does not shake the conscience of the judiciary, what will?”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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