After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited Sandeshkhali, in North 24 Parganas district, on Monday, Chief of Opposition in state Meeting Suvendu Adhikari held a rally on the identical place on Tuesday and vowed to represent an inquiry fee to probe into alleged atrocities by native TMC leaders if the BJP involves energy within the 2026 meeting polls.
Addressing a public assembly at BLRO floor, Adhikari claimed that when the BJP “will come to energy”, a probe fee might be arrange on Sandeshkhali and Mamata Banerjee “might be put in jail”.
He accused her authorities of framing false expenses towards girls within the space for protesting towards the alleged misdeeds by native Trinamool Congress leaders.
“After nearly one yr of Sandeshkhali protests, Mamata Banerjee went there for the primary time and mentioned she had forgotten all these issues,” he mentioned.
Lashing out on the chief minister, the senior BJP chief mentioned, “Chances are you’ll neglect Sandeshkhali however we’ll keep in mind… We are going to take revenge with curiosity, however inside the purview of the
structure.”
“Mamata Banerjee held her rally within the floor which was named after Shahjahan Sheikh. Because of the motion of moms and sisters of Sandeshkhali, the identify of the bottom has modified now. Not solely this soil, however the entire world salutes the combat and protest of the ladies of Sandeshkhali. They won’t neglect your combat. We salute your combat,” he mentioned.
In his speech, Adhikari mentioned, “All Hindus of the world unite… We is not going to get Muslim votes, but when Hindus unite, we are able to defeat the TMC from right here.”
Moreover, he additionally requested the CPIM and Left events, “Do lal jhanda (crimson flags), we have now no downside. However you may’t divide the Muslim votebank. You solely can divide the Hindu vote which helps TMC. Don’t try this. If we come to energy, additionally, you will have the ability to file your nomination within the panchayat election. Allow us to first defeat the TMC.”
He additional added, “She went to Nandigram (within the 2021 Meeting elections) to defeat me. However I defeated her and returned to Kolkata. I’ve made attainable the wins of my brother Soumendu Adhikari within the Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency and Abhijit Gangopadhyay within the Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency. We should make Mamata Banerjee the previous Chief Minister now.”
Earlier when Mamata Banerjee introduced her go to to Sandeshkhali on December 30, Adhikari additionally mentioned he would go to the world on December 31.
On her first go to to Sandeshkhali, to chair a public distribution programme, since protests erupted over alleged land grabbing and sexual harassment of girls by native TMC leaders, Banerjee had on Monday requested the residents to not pay anybody to avail advantages of state-run schemes.
The CM had additionally urged native girls not to concentrate if anybody calls them for any motive and alleged that an enormous amount of cash was used to flare up the protest in Sandeshkhali.
Sandeshkhali was within the information earlier this yr as a result of widespread protests by native individuals, together with girls, over numerous incidents of sexual assault and land grabbing allegedly involving suspended TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh and his two aides, Shibu Prasad Hazra and Uttam Sardar.
On January 5, Sheikh’s supporters allegedly attacked three Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers in Sandeshkhali, after they had gone to raid his residence in reference to the ration distribution “rip-off”.
On February 8, a number of native girls of Sandeshkhali took to the streets with brooms and sticks, and blocked the street demanding rapid arrest of Sheikh and his aides. Shahjahan Sheikh was arrested on February 29 after being on the run for round two months.
— WITH PTI
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