Jobless Neta :: ousted chief minister Mamata Banerjee, in lawyer's gown at Calcutta High Court ... Gimmick continues
Former and 'defeated' West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, dressed in a black lawyer’s gown, appeared at the Calcutta High Court on Thursday in connection with a case related to allegations of post-poll violence in the state following the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) drubbing in the Assembly elections.
The case, filed by Shirshanya Bandopadhyay, the son of senior TMC leader and advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay, pertains to allegations of attacks on political workers and party offices following the high-stakes elections that ended the party's 15-year rule and brought the BJP to power in the state.
The case, which remains under judicial consideration, comes at a politically turbulent moment for the TMC, which is facing internal churn and mounting criticism following its historic defeat.
Since the results were declared on May 4, multiple districts across the state have reported incidents of political violence, including clashes, vandalism, bomb attacks and retaliatory assaults, with both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress blaming each other for the unrest.
In one of the most high-profile incidents, Chandranath Rath, a close aide to Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead on May 6 by unidentified assailants, further intensifying the tense situation in the state.
Our mission is to establish the rule of law and end the racket of violence ::: RSS
RSS members and leaders have been keeping track of any information related to violence, including the capturing of Trinamool Congress offices or threats to and attacks on Opposition leaders and are immediately acting upon such activities with the help of police.
The RSS has been spearheading initiatives to ensure the rule of law in Bengal in the aftermath of the Assembly polls, sources in the ideological fountainhead of the BJP said.
Sources said RSS activists had launched a silent drive to prevent post-poll violence, looting and the shifting of extortion rackets to another group.
"We are ready to provide legal support even to Trinamool leaders if they face violence. We want to prevent this practice, else another chapter of extortion and violence will emerge," added the senior RSS leader.
BJP leader Sajal Ghosh said: "Just because TMC and its leader did not have humanity as was the case in 2021; that does not mean ... we will also not have"
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