Central forces should be deployed immediately in Bengal: Vijayvargiya
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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday sought central deputation for 3 IPS officers over the mob assault on Mr. Nadda’s convoy
Claiming that Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is “banking on violence” to “return to power”, BJP nationwide basic secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday stated central forces should be deployed immediately in West Bengal to “put an end’ to the “prevailing atmosphere of political violence and terror” in the state.
With Assembly polls due in the state in April-May subsequent yr, the BJP Bengal minder appealed to the Election Commission to make sure free and truthful elections, saying there should not be anywhere for worry and violence.
“Mamata Banerjee knows that the land under her feet has slipped and so she is trying to return to power in the State on the strength of violence. I urge the Election Commission to deploy central forces from now itself in order to put an end to the prevailing atmosphere of political violence and terror in the State,” Mr. Vijayvargiya instructed newspersons right here at Santiniketan in Birbhum district.
The ruling TMC and the BJP have been engaged in a confrontation over the assault on BJP nationwide president J.P. Nadda’s convoy by alleged TMC supporters when he was travelling to Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district from Kolkata on Thursday.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday sought central deputation for 3 IPS officers over the mob assault on Mr. Nadda’s convoy
The three officers — Bholanath Pandey (SP, Diamond Harbour), Praveen Tripathi (DIG, Presidency Range) and Rajeev Mishra (ADG, South Bengal) — had been accountable for the safety of the BJP chief throughout his December 9-10 go to to the State.
The MHA’s transfer got here a day after the Mamata Banerjee authorities defiantly rejected summonses to state chief secretary and police chief to look earlier than Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla to tender clarification for the assault on Mr. Nadda’s motorcade that left a number of BJP leaders and staff injured and their autos broken.
The TMC has alleged that the orders are politically motivated.
On Sunday, the BJP nationwide basic secretary met Visva Bharati Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty to debate particulars about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s digital programme to mark the muse day of the central college on December 24.
The basis of Visva Bharati was laid throughout a particular ceremony at Santiniketan on December 22, 1918.
Mr. Vijayvargiya was accompanied by BJP chief Anupam Hazra throughout the dialogue with the VC.
Later Mr. Vijayvargiya instructed reporters, “The PM, who is the Chancellor of Visva Bharati founded by Gurudev Rabindanath Tagore, is slated to address the programme virtually. We discussed the modalities. It was an informal meeting.”
Visva Bharati authorities on Saturday determined to organise the programme on December 24 the place West Bengal governor, Union schooling minister and State Chief Minister will be invited and the PM will nearly inaugurate it, varsity sources stated.
Mr. Vijayvargiya got here to Bolpur to supervise preparations earlier than Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s proposed go to to the city subsequent week forward of the programme organised by the college, BJP sources stated.
