Centre seeks report on WB violence
Mamata offers jobs of home guards to one family member each of Cooch Behar victims
The MoS was going to visit the family of a slain BJP worker and other injured.
He later tweeted: “TMC goons attacked my convoy in West Midnapore, broken windows, attacked personal staff. Cutting short my trip. We could not visit the house of @BJP4Bengal Karyakarta, Biswajit Mahesh, who was killed in the post-poll violence at his village Markundachak. Police advised us not to go after the attack on my convoy at Paanchkuri.”
Mr Muraleedharan added: “@BJP4India will not be threatened by UnDemocratic forces. Our fight against perpetrators of violence will continue in Democratic means. Arrived at Debra to meet workers of @BJP4Bengal who have been brutally attacked, whose houses have been destroyed by TMC goons.”
At Nabanna, Ms Banerjee said, referring to the troubled zones: “We have marked some areas as black spots where unrest is spreading after the BJP has won by transferring police officials, including superintendents of police, due to their organisational inefficiency.”
She also announced her government’s compensation of `2 lakhs for the family of each person killed in the post-poll clashes.
At Dinhata in Cooch Behar of North Bengal, former TMC MLA Udayan Guha, who lost to Nishith Pramanik of the BJP this time, was injured in the right hand while two of his security personnel suffered head injuries after saffron party workers beat them in an attack.
Ms Banerjee also offered jobs of home guards to one family member each of all five villagers killed in the paramilitary forces’ firing at Sitalkuchi in the district during the elections.
Earlier, in New Delhi, while seeking a detailed report on the violence that erupted after counting on May 2, the MHA asked the state government to take steps to stop the violence without any delay. A second letter was sent by the MHA on May 5, the day Ms Banerjee took the oath as CM. In his second letter on May 5, Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla said: “I remind you no report has been submitted despite my asking for details on the post-poll violence on May 3. Non-compliance of this second letter will be taken seriously.”
On May 5, after taking the oath, Ms Banerjee had pointed out that the law and order machinery in the state was under the control of the Election Commission and hence she could not be held responsible for it. She had
claimed all police officers in key positions were also appointed by the Election Commission.
The MHA had asked the chief secretary why adequate
measures to stop the violence had not been taken so far. “There are fresh reports which suggest that post-poll violence has not stopped.
Immediate measures should be taken to stop the violence and a report should be sent immediately,” the home secretary said in his letter.