Face of Nation : The BJP has been targetting the Mamata Banerjee government over the law and order situation in West Bengal. A priest was found dead yesterday after he went missing earlier this week. A 42-year-old priest, Supriyo Banerjee had gone missing on Monday night from his home in Nadia district. His body was found yesterday from the banks of a local river.
The family reportedly suspects theft as the motive for the murder. Mr Banerjee had pulled out some money on Sunday and was believed to be carrying the money when he disappeared. But soon after his body was found, local BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar said he was a party worker and was killed because of his political links.
The BJP’s Babul Supriyo took to twitter about the murder of the priest, claiming he was a BJP worker. “Supriyo Banerjee, a Hindu priest and BJP worker from Nadia was brutally murdered. Eight people have now been killed in just the last 4days. Law & Order in WB is a sad joke now. Why are the so-called liberals mute spectators to these gruesome murders? People of Bengal will take revenge• Wait&,” tweeted the union minister.
The BJP also tweeted about the triple murder in Murshidabad, in which a teacher, his pregnant wife and six-year-old boy were hacked to death on Tuesday.
He posted in response to BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra’s tweet questioning what he alleged was a lack of response from “liberals”. Mr Patra referred to a group of celebrities who recently wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing concern over mob killings and said: “This has shaken my conscience …a RSS worker Bandhu Prakash Pal, his eight months pregnant wife and his kid were brutally slaughtered in West Bengal’s Murshidabad Not a word by the liberals Not a letter by 59 liberals to Mamata Nauseating Selectivism!”
Soon, several more BJP leaders circulated the video as well as the criticism. The BJP’s Bengal unit tweeted a disturbing photo of the dead man and claimed eight people had been murdered in Bengal in the last four days.
An earlier tweet recorded the death of two other people, who, the BJP claimed, were also the party’s supporters. “Animesh Chakraborty and Ahmed Sheikh, two BJP workers from Birbhum and Nadia respectively, were brutally murdered on Astami night.
We have again lost two of our workers to the bloody, inhumane jungle politics. Blood continues to flow in Bengal even during Durga Puja. Martyr no 79 & 80,” tweeted BJP Bengal. This post was retweeted by several other BJP leaders.
Jagdeep Dhankar, the governor has also stepped into the row. Last evening, He said that there must be no cover-up in the investigation into the case and it “cannot be brushed under the carpet”. He also expressed dismay over the “silence” of the Mamata Banerjee government.
Trinamool Congress retorted that the Governor is “crossing constitutional Laxman Rekhas” and suggested he keep an eye on crimes in Tripura, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh instead.
