NHRC PROBING POST POLL CLASHES HAVE TIES TO BJP: WB

Kolkata, July 27: The TMC government in West Bengal has alleged in an affidavit filed before the Calcutta High Court that the NHRC committee which probed incidents of post-poll violence in the state was fraught with bias against the ruling dispensation.

The affidavit, submitted to the court on Monday, also claimed that members of the panel share close ties with BJP leaders.

Criticising the Mamata Banerjee government, the NHRC panel, in its report placed before the high court recently, has underscored that the situation in the state is a manifestation of law of ruler instead of rule of law.

It recommended CBI probe into grievous offences like murder and rape.

Contradicting the findings of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel which was set up by its chairman on the order of the court -the affidavit submitted by the TMC government said, members of the committee “have close association with the BJP and/or the central government”.

“The formation of the committee and the purported field teams are fraught with bias against the ruling dispensation in the state of West Bengal.

It will be evident that the committee has been deliberately constituted to spearhead a witch hunt against the entire state machinery in West Bengal,” the affidavit maintained.

The matter is scheduled to be taken up for hearing on Wednesday by a five-judge bench of the high court, presided by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal.