Mega challenge ::: "Mamata Govt was aware of build-up for violence in Murshidabad" ..... ::: "During political turmoil in Bangladesh in 2024, there were reports of increased migration from Bangladesh to West Bengal,” says Governor

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Governor moots formulating an overarching legislation to empower the Union Government !!

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"Mamata government was aware of imminent build-up of a threat to law and order in Murshidabad"

"....may I suggest that the Government of India consider the Constitutional options not only to put a check on the current situation but also to generate confidence of people in the Rule of Law,” West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose says in his report to the Centre.

Governor Bose toured violence-hit Murshidabad on April 18 and 19. Now in his 'written report' to the Government of India; the Governor has said among other things that --

“Infiltration from Bangladesh needs to be halted, and fencing of the international border must be assessed and completed. During the political turmoil in Bangladesh in 2024, there were reports of increasing attempts of migration from Bangladesh to Bengal.” 

Now reports say the West Bengal Governor has submitted a report to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the recent communal violence in Murshidabad,

He also referred to state police’s “failures” and mooted the idea of a commission of inquiry into the incident. The riots in Murshidabad, which took place in the wake of the new Waqf law, claimed three lives – a man in police firing and a father and son in mob violence.

Several houses of Hindus were ransacked in the violence, forcing them to take shelter in relief camps in neighbouring Malda. 

A 24-year-old Fekarul Sk, alias Mohak, was arrested on April 19 in the Domjur area in Howrah district.

Fekarul is a resident of Shamserganj in Murshidabad district of the state. According to STF sources, he was one of the individuals who physically attacked the victims with a sharp weapon, killing the father-son duo during the violence in Murshidabad on April 12.

“To go by the history of political violence that the State is prone to and from the spillover effect that the Murshidabad violence had over other districts in the State, may I suggest that the Government of India consider the Constitutional options not only to put a check on the current situation but also to generate confidence of people in the Rule of Law,” he wrote.

He also called for “formulating an overarching legislation to empower the Union Government to maintain law and order when the State machinery fails to act effectively”.

He also sought the “reinstating/setting up of central forces outposts/BSF outposts on their jurisdictional limit in the vulnerable districts along the international border”.

He further wrote, “An issue that is seldom voiced is the concern that is felt over the role of certain fundamentalist Islamist groups, which are seeking to mobilise Muslim opinion, using the subtext of ‘Islam in danger’. 

The twin spectre of radicalisation and militancy poses a serious challenge for West Bengal, especially in two of the several districts sharing the international border with Bangladesh – Murshidabad and Malda. 

"In both these districts (Murshidabad and Malda), there is an adverse demographic composition with Hindus being minorities. Another district, Uttar Dinajpur, has a plurality. 

Growing polarisation on communal lines and greater emphasis on violence and violent activities is only likely to exacerbate this situation.”

“While the State Government has been successful in dealing with various issues such as organised ultra-Left militancy, the authorities continue to flounder while dealing with communal conflagrations and ordinary and routine law and order situations, specially issues such as rape and campus violence,” he wrote.

“Infiltration from Bangladesh needs to be halted, and fencing of the international border must be assessed and completed. During the political turmoil in Bangladesh in 2024, there were reports of increasing attempts of migration from Bangladesh to Bengal,” wrote Bose, who toured Murshidabad on April 18 and 19.

In his report, Bose also claimed that the riots appeared “premeditated” and the state government was “aware of the imminent build-up of a threat to law and order in Murshidabad”.

“The sequence of events that unfolded show the woeful lack of coordination among administration and law enforcement agencies that were either too feeble to rise up to the challenge or were reluctant to do so,” he wrote.

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