TMC workers were accused of sexual harassment against women in Sandeshakhali, West Bengal.
Now, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has targeted against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this matter.
For the past few days, West Bengal has been burning in the fire of Sandeshkhali violence.
Here women and village people have accused TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his supporters of sexual harassment and land grabbing.
Union Minister Smriti Irani over West Bengal incident
On the Sandeshkhali issue, Smriti Irani had said that the Hindu women of Sandeshkhali are asking for help.
Where is TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan? Mamta and her government never took action against those goons. Irani had claimed that policemen also remained mute spectators to the atrocities against women.
CM in Assembly
In the West Bengal Assembly, she said that BJP workers coming from outside in Sandeshkhali are giving statements wearing masks.
She said that the target there was SK Shahjahan. ED first targeted him. Accusing BJP, Mamta said that BJP is bringing people from outside in Sandeshkhali. We have formed a committee to take action in this matter.
Politics is heating up in Trinamool Congress ruled West Bengal. West Bengal has become an arena for political parties.
Following the allegations made by women, the round of accusations and counter-accusations between BJP and TMC continues.
Where did the matter start?
The words of the women of Sandeshkhali will shock you to the core and the entire matter of Sandeshkhali has come to the fore after the ED action.
Let us tell you that on January 5, 2024, ED officials had reached Sarbediya in Sandeshkhali to interrogate Trinamool leader Sheikh Shahjahan in the ration corruption case.
Leader Sheikh Shahjahan had absconded. During this period, officers were also attacked.
After this, people raised their voice and came forward openly. The people of the village are demanding the arrest of Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates and are continuously protesting for their demands.
Women are also participating in these demonstrations.
What were the allegations made by the women?
The women of Sandeshkhali accused TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his supporters of sexual harassment and land grabbing.
Women started protesting and holding dharnas. The angry women also set fire to the farm and poultry farm of Shahjahan’s close confidant and TMC leader Shibu Hazra.
It is alleged that the poultry farm was built illegally by snatching the land from the villagers. This was the center of many types of illegal activities.
Trinamool suspended the accused from the party
After continuous protests, the party on Saturday morning suspended accused Uttam Sardar from the post of North 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad member and zonal president of Trinamool for 6 years.
Within a few hours after this announcement, Uttam Sardar was arrested by the police from Sandeshkhali police station area late on Saturday evening.
Governor Bose had visited Sandeshkhali
Governor CV Anand Bose visited the disturbed areas in Sandeshkhali and spoke to women protesters who have accused absconding Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates of sexual harassment.
During this, the Governor assured the women that full help will be provided to provide justice to the women who tied Rakhi on their wrists.
6 member panel will investigate the matter
The round of allegations and counter-allegations continues between BJP and TMC regarding the Sandeshkhali issue.
BJP has constituted a panel to inquire into the alleged incidents of violence and sexual harassment in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
It includes Union Ministers and six members of Parliament. Union Minister Annapurna Devi has been named as the convenor of the high-level committee.
CM Mamta Banerjee slams BJP
Mamta Banerjee said in the assembly on Thursday that BJP workers coming from outside in Sandeshkhali are giving statements wearing masks.
There the target was SK Shah Jahan. ED first targeted him. There are bunkers of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Sandeshkhali. There, there have been riots before.
Targeting the central government, Mamata Banerjee said that due to the negligence of BSF in Dinajpur, four children died.
But the central government did not send any team to investigate it. Will the central government answer this question?
He further said that the job of BSF is to monitor the border, not to work like BJP workers. BSF is deployed at BJP camps here.
Bengal government formed investigation team
Let us tell you that the Mamata Banerjee government of West Bengal has formed a 10-member team under the chairmanship of a DIG rank woman IPS officer to investigate the allegations of sexual harassment of women in Sandeshkhali.
The team will visit Sandeshkhali and talk to the women who have alleged that they were sexually harassed.
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