Worse than Kashmir: BJP writes to the EC regarding Bengal

Bengal BJP leaders wrote a letter to the Election Commission on the law and order situation in Bengal and demanded the early deployment of central forces in the state before the 2021 elections to the Assembly.

Bengal BJP MLA Sabyasachi Dutta said, “This is worse than Kashmir. BJP needs the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) to be enforced urgently in Bengal. This is achieved in compliance with Section 15 of the Representation of the People’s Act.”

In its letter to the Election Commission, BJP claimed that there is a need for “early deployment” of forces in Bengal, as the ruling Trinamool Congress, with “active support from the West Bengal Police, will make the campaign very difficult.”

Meanwhile, Deputy Election Commissioner Sudip Jain will visit Bengal with a team of ECI officials to take stock of the situation in the poll-bound province.

Last week, BJP leader JP Nadda’s convoys and party veteran Kailash Vijayvargiya were targeted by suspected TMC members in Bengal while they were on their way to a party function.

Stones were thrown at the vehicles of Nadda and Vijayvargiya, whose car windows had broken in the impact. Following the incident, the Center summoned the Bengal Chief Secretary and the DGP over the security lapses.

The BJP took out the ‘TMC Fail Card’ on Monday and accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of peddling lies about the progress of the state.

The “TMC Fail Card – the true storey of 10 years of TMC’s corrupt and inept governance in West Bengal” was published by senior BJP leaders Swapan Dasgupta, Shishir Bajoria and Shamik Bhattacharya.