File photos of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
A local BJP leader was shot dead by two bicycle robbers near Titagarh in the North 24 Parganas district on Sunday night.
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Expressing outrage at the assassination of the BJP leader yesterday, West Bengal Governor Jagdeek Dhankar accused CM Mamata Banerjee of ignoring his nightly message of speaking urgently on the issue.
A local BJP leader was shot dead by two bicycle robbers near Titagarh in the North 24 Parganas district on Sunday night. The duo opened fire on Manish Shukla on BT Road at night, after which he was taken to a private hospital, where he succumbed to injuries, police said.
The governor alleged “selective political assassinations despite the alert from the constitutional chief” in a tweet. The confrontation between the CM Bengal and the governor is not new, as the two have clashed on a variety of issues in the past.
“Alarming scene of law and order in a tailspin in the Mamata Banerjee government. Selective political assassinations despite the alert from the Constitutional Chief. Neither ACS (Additional Chief Secretary) of the Interior nor the Bengal Police DGP responded. To CM (Chief Minister) at 10:47 PM “I would like to speak to you urgently!” Just a silence that says a lot, “Dhankhar said in a tweet.
Alarming plummeting law and order scenario @MamataOfficial Selective political assassinations despite the alert from the Constitutional Chief. Neither ACS Home nor DGP @WBPolicia answered. For CM at 10:47 p.m. M. “I would like to speak to you urgently!” Only silence that says a lot
– Governor of West Bengal, Jagdeep Dhankhar (@ jdhankhar1) October 5, 2020
The governor had summoned the additional chief secretary and the chief of police at 10 am today to discuss the law and order situation. “The ACS Home Mamata Government and the DGP West Bengal Police have been summoned at 10 am tomorrow as a result of the worsening of the law and order situation that led to the cowardly murder of Manish Shukla, municipal councilor of Titagarh in the office of the political party, “the governor said in a tweet. .
BJP has blamed the ruling TMC for the murder, as the two sides continue to clash ahead of elections in the state next year. The BJP said that Bengal is now becoming a place where killings are normalized. “Bengal is now becoming a place where killings are normalizing! Manish Shukla, BJP councilor for Titagarh was shot by TMC thugs. This series of killings clearly points towards their inevitable end TMC,” the party tweeted.
The Trinamool Congress has rejected the BJP’s claim and alleged the murder as an internal party dispute.
In recent months, there have been around a dozen murders of political workers, mainly belonging to the BJP and Trinamool.
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