'Mamata Banerjee Trying To Cover Up Her Failure': BJP Demands Bengal CM's Resignation Over Kaliaganj Clashes

The BJP responded to the Bengal CM's remarks that the Centre-ruling party sent people to carry out violence in Kaliaganj, saying Mamata is attempting to cover up her failure by blaming it on the BJP.

Protesters allegedly set fire to Kaliaganj Police Station during a protest against the death of a minor girl in North Dinajpur district on Tuesday.

Source : PTI

Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sent people to burn down the police station and public property and brutally beat up women police personnel in yesterday's clash at Kaliaganj, the BJP reacted on Wednesday, saying that it is the Bengal CM's failure that she is attempting to cover up by blaming them (BJP). State party chief Sukanta Majumdar questioned if Mamata stands with the family of the victim, then why is she not supporting their demand for a CBI investigation.

The incident, according to the party's state chief, is a failure of the Mamata-led government and of Mamata as the state's Home Minister. "Mamata Banerjee thinks we were involved in Kaliaganj violence. This is her failure which she wants to pin on us. If people are coming from outside, under whom do the Police force & Home Dept come? If what she says is true, she should resign," Majumdar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. 

Mamata Banerjee thinks we were involved in Kaliaganj violence. This is her failure which she wants to pin on us. If people are coming from outside, under whom do the Police force & Home Dept come? If what she says is true, she should resign. It is her failure as the Home… https://t.co/u9E1Zvw4hi pic.twitter.com/D146zVvViX

— ANI (@ANI) April 26, 2023

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NCPCR WRITES TO BENGAL DGP OVER THE IDENTITY DISCLOSURE OF THE VICTIM: 

Earlier in the day, the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) requested an investigation into reports that the victim's postmortem report had been made public and had gone viral on various social media platforms, revealing the identity of the POCSO victim as well as her parents.

#WATCH | Her postmortem report was not given to NCPCR. Yesterday her post-mortem report was circulating on social media. It was a secret document. We've written to DGP to take action against Uttar Dinajpur SP & the doctor who conducted the postmortem: NCPCR chief Priyank Kanoongo https://t.co/XyoxP7VzZ9 pic.twitter.com/JYQ0bLQHI8

— ANI (@ANI) April 26, 2023

NCPCR chief Priyank Kanoongo said: "Her postmortem report was not given to NCPCR. Yesterday her post-mortem report was circulating on social media. It was a secret document. We've written to DGP to take action against Uttar Dinajpur SP & the doctor who conducted the postmortem."

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Last Friday, the body of a girl was discovered floating in a canal. According to the news agency PTI, the preliminary post-mortem report of the minor girl who was killed earlier this week in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district revealed that death was caused by a poisonous substance and that there were no injury marks on the body. According to police, a 20-year-old man who was identified as the primary suspect in the case was also arrested.