Escaped safely thanks to CRPF: Shah after violence
| Date :16-May-2019 |
BJP President Amit Shah showing some photo evidence against the clashes that broke out during his roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday while addressing a press conference at BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI:
May 15
Shah blames Mamata Banerjee for violence State Police was a mute spectator to the violence, says Shah
A POLITICAL slugfest has erupted over the violence that marred on Tuesday the roadshow of BJP chief Amit Shah, who said here on Wednesday that he managed to escape safely only because of the personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Talking to media persons here, Shah blamed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the violence, which was allegedly “unleashed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) goons.” He also alleged that the State Police was “a mute spectator to the violence.”
(R) BJP leaders Harsh Vardhan, Vijay Goel, Nirmala Sitharaman and others take part in a silent protest against the clashes in Kolkata in New Delhi on Wednesday. “It would have been almost impossible for me to escape from there if the CRPF personnel won’t have been there. TMC can go to any extent. It is by luck that I managed to get out of there,” Shah said. However, TMC hit back at the BJP. “Anybody can come and do a procession, but what were the outsiders for,” said Derek O’Brien, national spokesperson of TMC.
“The Election Commission is just a silent spectator. It should intervene. In West Bengal, the history-sheeters are allowed to roam freely at the time of elections by taking a bond, which is contrary to the practice elsewhere. I appeal to the Election Commission to at least ensure a free and fair election in the last phase in West Bengal,” said Shah. Shah also alleged that TMC members vandalised the bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar for political gains.
“We were outside and the gates of the college -- Vidyasagar College -- were locked. The gate is not broken because TMC goons were inside hurling stones and petrol bombs at us. Moreover, the statue of Vidyasagar was locked inside the college room and still vandalised. The administration is of Banerjee Government. The statue was vandalised by the TMC for political gains,” he said.
TMC leaders change profile pictures
KOLKATA:
WEST Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several top Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders have changed their Facebook and Twitter display picture (DP) with photo of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar on Wednesday to protest the desecration of the bust of the noted reformer and key figure of the Bengal Renaissance. Trinamool Congress’s official profile on Twitter and Facebook was also changed with a picture of Vidyasagar.