Shocked at condition of homeless families who faced post-poll atrocities: WB Governor
   Date :16-May-2021

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 West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar visits Nandigram to meet the victims of post-poll violence on Saturday. (PTI)
 
 
NANDIGRAM (WB) :
 
WEST Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said he was shocked at the condition of several families who were rendered homeless after they had allegedly faced atrocities at the hands of ruling TMC workers here and accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being silent over the post-poll violence unleashed in the State. He wondered whether the Chief Minister has heard the cries of women and children, who took refuge in camps in Purba Medinipur’s Nandigram area after being affected by the post-poll clashes.
 
Dhankhar met violence-affected people who took shelters at camps in Kendemari, Bankim More, Chilagram, Nandigram Bazar and Town Club here. The TMC supremo termed the incident of firing by the central force in Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi in which four persons were killed as “genocide” but she was “silent about the situation in Nandigram”, the Governor said. “You described the Sitalkuchi incident as cold-blooded murder and genocide. Have you heard the cries and screams of the children and women in Nandigram, where lakhs of people are homeless? “We feel bad to see the situation of West Bengal. India has never seen such a situation previously. The State is virtually sitting on a volcano,” Dhankhar said.
 
Rapes, murders increasing in WB: NATIONAL Commission for Scheduled Castes chief Vijay Sampla on Friday alleged that rapes, murders are taking place in West Bengal. Sampla said, “The way incidents have happened here after May 2 is worrisome. For the first time since 1947, rapes, murders are happening with no State protection. The most affected have been people from Scheduled Caste.” Giving out the details of the number of cases, he said, “So far 1,627 cases including 10-12 rapes, 15-20 murder cases of violence against SC community; 672 new cases reported.”