Kolkata: While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) always alleges that Trinamool Congress supports violence, the ruling party on Tuesday demanded an independent judicial inquiry into the incidents in Rajasthan’s Udaipur and Jammu’s Reasi district, where the alleged perpetrators of the crime have a direct link with the BJP.
Addressing the media, TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh and TMC minister Sashi Panja showing pictures of the perpetrators along with BJP leaders demanded an immediate judicial inquiry and also the immediate arrest of suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma for her ‘hate speech’.
“Trinamool Congress wants an independent judicial inquiry into the BJP’s connection with the accused in the two cases, Riyaz Attari and Talib Hussain Shah. These are serious heinous crimes committed in Indian states, and the accused have direct links with the BJP. The accused, Riyaz Attari and Talib Hussain Shah are not just BJP workers, but Shah is also the in-charge of BJP’s IT and Minority Cell in Jammu,” said Ghosh.
Ghosh also alleged that the BJP-led Central government just to hide the serious issues like inflation is trying to instigate ‘communal’ violence across the country.
TMC Minister Sashi Panja also questioned BJP as to why their spokesperson is being protected and why Nupur Sharma has not been arrested yet.
“The Supreme Court recently made valuable observations regarding Nupur Sharma’s remarks on national television. It is a known fact that the ruling dispensation, the BJP, has communally polarised the nation, with their spokesperson spewing hate speech. BJP claims these are fringe elements, but the sad reality today is that the fringe itself has become mainstream. All Indians, wanting to live peacefully, are today demanding the arrest of Nupur Sharma and we question the BJP as to why she’s being protected?” slammed Panja.
It can be noted that photos of Talib Shah, the accused in the Jammu incident, with Home Minister Amit Shah are viral on the social media.
