THE West Bengal Government on Monday told a Calcutta High Court bench that there has been no post poll political violence in the State since May 9 and assured that all steps will be taken to ensure peace in future. The five-judge bench directed that all steps be taken in this regard by May 17 and posted the PIL for hearing on May 18. The PIL filed by lawyer petitioner Anindya Sundar Das raised the issue of violence taking place in various parts of the State after the state Assembly elections. Appearing for the West Bengal Government, Advocate General Kishore Dutta submitted before the court that no violence has been reported in the State from May 9 onwards.

 

He assured the court that all possible steps will be taken by the State Government so that there is no violence in the future as well. Additional Solicitor General of India Y J Dastoor appearing for the Central Government submitted that the issue regarding post-poll violence was highlighted not by one political party, but by all of them.

 

He claimed that in a number of cases the complaints were not registered by the police stations concerned when approached and that there is no online mechanism available in West Bengal where a police complaint can be filed. He said that number of complaints on post poll violence received by the National Human Rights Commission, West Bengal Human Rights Commission, the National Commission for Women and National Commission for SC/ST.