Members of a BJP delegation address the media at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday after meeting President Pranab Mukherjee regarding the recent incidents in Malda, West Bengal. — PTI
Members of a BJP delegation address the media at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday after meeting President Pranab Mukherjee regarding the recent incidents in Malda, West Bengal. — PTI
The BJP on Saturday raised the issue of Malda violence in West Bengal with President Pranab Mukherjee. The BJP called upon the President to seek an independent report on the issue from the state governor.
A BJP delegation, led by party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and other central and state leaders, met the President and submitted a memorandum. The party accused the Trinamool Congress-led state government of promoting vote bank politics by protecting those involved in Malda violence. The BJP claimed that the violence posed a threat to national security.
The BJP also alleged inaction on part of the state government on the Malda violence. The saffron party claimed that the TMC government’s policy of “appeasement and vote bank” politics posed a threat to national security. The BJP delegation also raised the issue of violence in Birbhum in West Bengal. It also presented another memorandum to the President on the inaction on the part of West Bengal government in arresting the accused in the hit-and-run case involving the son of a TMC leader who killed an Air Force jawan while he was rehearsing for the Republic Day parade in Kolkata.
“The Malda incident is linked to the country’s internal security. This vote bank politics poses a threat to internal security as the same mob also raised pro-Pakistan slogans. That is why we have requested the President to seek his own report from the Governor and the report sought by the central government from the state will help stop the threat caused to the country’s internal security,” Mr Vijayvargiya said after meeting the President.
