New Delhi: Alleging that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was “killing” democracy in the state by unleashing “violence” on its workers in the panchayat polls, a delegation of BJP leaders on Thursday met President Ram Nath Kovind, vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu and Union home minister Rajnath Singh to raise their concerns over such issues.
The party accused the state’s ruling TMC and the police of colluding to stop Opposition candidates from filing their nominations for the panchayat polls.
In their memorandum to the vice-president, the party said democracy in the state was reeling under the danger of complete breakdown of law and order in the state.
The BJP also presented relatives of its workers, who were killed in the alleged violence and those injured, before the media, as its leaders accused the Trinamul Congress workers and the state police of colluding to stop opposition candidates from filing their nominations.
Among the BJP leaders who hit out at the state CM included Union minister Babul Supriyo, Mukul Roy, Rupa Ganguly and Rahul Sinha.
Mr Supriyo said that the state government was inching towards becoming a fit case for dismissal but insisted that the BJP would rather work to defeat the TMC in the polls.
Mr Sinha said while there is a demand by other opposition parties in the state for the imposition of President’s rule, the BJP do not want to make Ms Banerjee a “martyr” and would defeat her in elections.
Mr Mukul Roy alleged that Ms Banerjee was a “killer of democracy” and claimed that five BJP workers had been killed in attacks allegedly by Trinamul Congress workers and hundreds injured. The party also played video clips of the alleged violence.
