BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar Criticizes West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Over Sandeshkhali Incident
BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar has criticized West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying that the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) cannot refute the statements made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding Cooch Behar and Sandeshkhali.
Majumdar’s remarks came in response to the TMC’s letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar urging him to expunge Prime Minister Modi’s remarks made in the House on the Chopra and Sandeshkhali incidents in West Bengal. The letter was written by TMC’s deputy leader in Rajya Sabha, Sagarika Ghose.
Majumdar described the West Bengal CM as a good painter who has been allegedly spoiling the image of the state. He said, “West Bengal’s image has been spoiled by Mamata Banerjee. She is a good painter. She is using just one colour, and that is black.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized the West Bengal government over the Sandeshkhali incident and the recent beating of a couple by people associated with a political party. He said that those considering themselves to be progressive women leaders have remained silent on the matter.
Modi’s remarks came while he was replying to the debate on the ‘motion of thanks’ in the President’s address in the Rajya Sabha. He said, “The pictures of the Sandeshkhali incident are spine-chilling, but the pain is not reflected even in the words of the big leaders whom I have been listening to since yesterday. What can be a bigger picture of shame than this?”
Without taking any names, Modi added, “Those who consider themselves progressive women leaders have also kept mum because the incident is related to the party or state associated with their political life.”
Sandeshkhali, a village in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, had been in a political storm after villagers, mostly women, came out on the streets against the ruling TMC and its strongman Shahjahan, accusing him and his aides of “land-grab and sexual assault” under coercion. He was later arrested. Both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress have been levelling charges against each other over Sandeshkhali.
