Those Who Encourage Such Criminals Should Not Be Forgiven: PM Modi On Birbhum Violence

PM Modi on Birbhum Violence: PM Modi expressed his sorrow while addressing the gathering post the inauguration of the Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata via video conferencing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File photo: AFP)

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed condolences on the death of eight people in a fire that broke out in some houses in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Tuesday.

On the occasion of Shaheed Diwas, PM Modi expressed his sorrow while addressing gathering post the inauguration of the Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata via video conferencing. 

#WATCH | I express my condolences over Birbhum violence, WB. Whatever help is needed to book culprits, I assure all possible help from Centre to State. I hope state govt takes strict action against culprits, & those who encourage such criminals should not be forgiven too: PM Modi pic.twitter.com/AEXKAew4JP

— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2022

Meanwhile, the Home Ministry has sought a report from the state government within 72 hours regarding the violence in Rampurhat. On this, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee got angry and said that this is Bengal and not Uttar Pradesh. Describing the Birbhum incident as unfortunate, she said that her government would take action in a fair manner. She will visit Rampurhat on Thursday.

"Such kinds of incidents have happened in Gujarat and Rajasthan too. I am not justifying the incident in Rampurhat. We will take action in a fair manner," Mamata Banerjee said today.

"The government is ours, we are concerned about people in our state. We would never want anyone to suffer. The Birbhum, Rampurhat incident is unfortunate. I have immediately dismissed the OC, SDPO (officer in-charge, sub-divisional police officer) of Rampurhat. I will go to Rampurhat tomorrow," added the Chief Minister.

 

Koo App

मैं पश्चिम बंगाल के बीरभूम में हुई हिंसक वारदात पर दुख व्यक्त करता हूं, अपनी संवेदना व्यक्त करता हूं। मैं आशा करता हूं कि राज्य सरकार, बंगाल की महान धरती पर ऐसा जघन्य पाप करने वालों को जरूर सजा दिलवाएगी। - पीएम श्री narendramodi जी

View attached media content

- Nisith Pramanik (@PramanikNisith) 23 Mar 2022

"This is Bengal, not Uttar Pradesh. I had sent a delegation of Trinamool to Hathras (where a young woman died in 2020 after being gang-raped) but we were not allowed entry. But we are not stopping anyone from coming here," said CM.

Meanwhile, the gallery showcased the contributions of the revolutionaries in the freedom struggle and their armed resistance against the British empire.

This gallery serves the purpose of providing a holistic view of the events of the decades-long freedom struggle that led up to the independence in 1947, highlighting the role played by the revolutionaries. 

On March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh, Raajguru, and Sukhdev were hanged to death by the British court of law in the Lahore conspiracy case.