BJP hits the streets over political killing, custodial death of party supporters in Bengal

Protests, demonstrations and highway blockades over allegations of political violence and custodial death returned to West Bengal on Wednesday, barely a pair of days after Durga Puja competition drawing to an in depth.

State unit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders held a protest at Gandhi Statue on Mayo Road in Kolkata over the alleged custodial death of Madan Ghorui, a BJP employee from Patashpur in Purba Medinipur district. Family members of Ghorui, together with State BJP basic secretary Sayantan Basu and Mahila Morcha president Agnimitra Paul held an illustration for hours at the venue demanding probe by a central investigating company into the death.

‘Will he get justice?’

“Madan Ghorui, BJP booth vice-president who died in police custody, will he never get justice? All we asked for was a second post-mortem, which was granted but the State govt has been creating obstacles, WHY? What are you scared of Didi? This is police brutality and murder!,” West Bengal BJP tweeted from its official Twitter deal with. On October 16 the Calcutta High Court ordered a contemporary submit mortem of the physique at a State-run hospital and directed that the proceedings be video recorded.

Late on Wednesday there was violence in Bagnan space of Howrah district over the death of one other BJP employee Kinkar Majhi who, based on party leaders, was shot on Saturday evening and succumbed to accidents. The party has additionally referred to as for a 12- hour bandh in Bagnan on Thursday.

State unit BJP basic secretary Sayantan Basu stated that the administration just isn’t giving the physique of the BJP employee to the household saying he has examined optimistic for COVID-19.

Several BJP supporters gathered at the State-run NRS Medical College and Hospital the place Majhi’s submit mortem was carried out.

Mr. Basu stated that greater than 120 BJP supporters have been killed in political violence in the State in the previous few years throughout the regime of Trinamool Congress.

TMC’s new marketing campaign

Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress has launched a digital ‘Mark Yourself Safe from BJP’ marketing campaign throughout all it’s social media handles to “unite people against the wrongdoings committed by the BJP across the country”.

“The website, savebengalfrombjp.com, has already seen over five lakh people mark themselves safe. The number is rising every hour. The Facebook group for this campaign also has nearly 82,000 members,” TMC stated in a press assertion.