The BJP MLA urged the police to function “openly, impartially and fairly” and demanded strict action against those involved in the killing.
KOLKATA: With Chandranath Rath’s bullet-riddled body lying outside the hospital and grieving BJP workers erupting in anger and disbelief, senior BJP leader and newly-elected Kharagpur MLA Dilip Ghosh launched a blistering attack on the state police and the outgoing TMC accusing them of orchestrating targeted attacks on his party’s cadre.
Kanoon vyavastha ya toh Mamata Banerjee ke haath mein hai, ya Election Commission ke haath mein, ya police ke haath mein,” Ghosh said. (“The BJP has come to power, but power has still not come into our hands. Anti-social elements active in politics must be stopped and sent to jail,” he said. The BJP MLA urged the police to function “openly, impartially and fairly” and demanded strict action against those involved in the killing. Senior BJP leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari, Samik Bhattacharya, Sukanta Majumdar and Agnimitra Paul, have described the attack as a “targeted” and “pre-planned political assassination”, while the Trinamool Congress has denied the allegations and demanded a court-monitored CBI probe into the incident.
“BJP satta mein aa gayi hai, lekin satta abhi hamare haath mein nahi aayi hai. Law and order is either in Mamata Banerjee’s hands, or the Election Commission’s, or the police’s hands.”) Ghosh accused the police of failing to act despite allegedly knowing who the perpetrators were. “The police have been made so ineffective that even when they know everything, they remain silent.