Kolkata: The Governor of West Bengal, Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said he has called upon the Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi to find out what a...
Kolkata: The Governor of West Bengal, Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said he has called
upon the Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi to find out what are the steps
being taken by the administration
to deal with the “extremely alarming” law and order situation in
post-poll Bengal which he termed
as "retributive violence".
He also claimed that the state police is "engaged as an extension
of ruling dispensation to let loose
vindictiveness on political opponents".
Taking to his Twitter account, Dhankhar said lakhs of people were being
displaced and property
worth hundreds of crores vandalised in Bengal.
"Extremely alarming law & order scenario. Security environment is
seriously compromised. In
such a grim situation called upon (the) Chief Secretary to brief me on
the law and order situation
on Monday …”
The governor also alleged that people who have voted against the ruling
TMC are victims of
"targeted violence".
"The state is in (the) grip of unprecedented post poll retributive
violence at unimaginable scale,
with lacs of people being displaced and property worth hundreds of
crores vandalised. Rampant
vandalism and hooliganism has resulted in large scale arson, loot,
destruction of property.
Security environment is seriously compromised. In such a grim situation
called upon (the) Chief
Secretary to brief me on the law and order situation on Monday 7th June
and indicate all steps
taken to contain post poll
violence," he tweeted on Sunday.
"Numerous instances of rapes and killings at the hands of rogue
elements who have no fear of law
(sic)," he said.
Condemning alleged incidents of social boycott and denying benefits to people
who had voted
for TMC rivals, he said they are being made to pay extortion fees to
live in their own house or
running their own business.
"Democratic values are openly shredded and trampled by ruling
party harmads. People are in
mortal fear of police and that in turn is at the feet of ruling party
rogue elements," he wrote on his
Twitter handle.
He said that the state functionaries "are not recognising this
malaise, much less take steps to
contain it".
"Police is engaged as extension of ruling dispensation to let
loose vindictiveness on political
opponents. In such a grim situation Chief Secretary of the state be
called upon to brief me urgently
on Monday 7th June and indicate all steps taken to contain post poll
violence," Dhankhar
added.
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