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A six-member fact-finding team, including two union ministers, was on Friday stopped from visiting Sandeshkhali, which has been rocked by protests over alleged atrocities on villagers by TMC leaders.
The police did not allow the BJP team to go to the unrest-hit Sandeshkhali, citing prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC, Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik said.
After being stopped at Rampur village on the way to Sandeshkhali block, the six-member delegation of the saffron party staged a ‘dharna’ and alleged mishandling by the cops. BJP leaders are now on their way to meet the West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose and apprise him of the incident.
“The BJP central team was stopped by police from visiting unrest-hit Sandeshkhali. The police are citing prohibitory orders. We said only four of us would go, but we were not permitted,” Union Minister Annapurna Devi, who is the convenor of the team, said.
Bhoumik, the union minister of state for social justice and empowerment, alleged that he police are trying to protect the culprits.
"The police are very prompt in stopping us. We are union ministers and MPs, and there are certain protocols. The state police and the administration are not bothered about those protocols. Had the police shown similar promptness in arresting Shahjahan Sheikh, the situation would have been different,” Annapurna Devi said, echoing Bhoumik.
A large number of women in Sandeshkhali accused Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of land-grab and sexually assaulting them under coercion. Shajahan has been absconding after a mob, allegedly affiliated to him, attacked Enforcement Directorate officials who had gone to search his premises in connection with a ration scam on January 5.
Members of the BJP central team alleged that the law and order in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district was non-existent. BJP president J P Nadda has constituted the six-member committee of the party MPs to visit Sandeshkhali where women have been protesting against alleged atrocities by local TMC leaders.'
Protests continued unabated in Sandeshkhali for the seventh consecutive day on Thursday, with a notable presence of women demonstrators demanding the arrest of Shajahan Sheikh and his associates.
BJP's Locket Chatterjee Slams Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Over Sandeshkhali Violence
"The entire country knows about what happened in Sandeshkhali. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and JP Nadda condemned the incident (during BJP National Convention 2024). Women move forward under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi...but in Sandeshkhali women are being raped and despite being a woman Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee is silent," BJP leader Locket Chatterjee told ANI.
#WATCH | On Sandeshkhali incident, BJP MP Locket Chatterjee says, "The entire country knows about what happened in Sandeshkhali. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and JP Nadda condemned the incident (during BJP National Convention 2024). Women move forward under the leadership of… pic.twitter.com/SgeL71auAh
— ANI (@ANI) February 17, 2024
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