West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit Murshidabad district on Monday. The tour is taking place for the first time after violent protests in protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Act last month. Two people died and many were injured in this violence. Hundreds of families had to leave their homes and go towards safe places.
According to administrative sources, the Chief Minister will hold an administrative meeting on May 5 at the Chapaghati ground in Suti assembly constituency. The next day, on May 6, she will visit Shamsherganj and visit the violence affected areas.
State Agriculture Minister Shobhandev Chattopadhyay said, “The Chief Minister could not go there due to not being normal. Now the situation is peaceful. The Chief Minister will go there and communicate with the people and give the message of harmony.”
However, before the Chief Minister’s visit, the BJP has launched a scathing attack on him. BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said, “The Chief Minister should have already gone to Murshidabad. But he met the Imams, went to the temple inauguration, but when the Hindu community was attacked, his houses were burnt, he kept silence. Now that all the evidence has been erased, she is going there.”
He also alleged that the state government officials started repairing temples and houses only three to four days after the violence, so that something happened there. Ghosh said, “Mamta Banerjee had already rejected this violence. Now that the situation is being shown normal, she is going on a tour.”
BJP MP Tarun Chugh also attacked the government. He said, “Bengal under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee has been ruined and infamous. Hindus are being tortured there. The state government gave protection to the rioters and kept silence in the matter.”
Tarun Chugh accused the Mamta government of ‘politics of appeasement’ and said that this has given open exemption to criminals in the state.
The National Commission for Women has also expressed concern over the communal violence in Murshidabad and Malda. According to the Commission, these incidents have revealed serious incidents such as indescribable sexual violence, physical attacks and rape threats with women and adolescent girls.