On September 11, days after informing about his arrest, the chief of the opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal MLA Suvendu Adhikari took to X, formally Twitter to tell that the jail authorities working on the behest of WB CM Mamata Banerjee stopped him from assembly the Anandabazar Patrika journalist Debmalya Bagchi. Condemning the TMC authorities’s autocracy within the state, he declared {that a} “Semi-Emergency-like situation” has developed in West Bengal beneath “Mamata Banerjee’s Authoritarian Regime.”
Earlier on September 7, the BJP chief had knowledgeable concerning the arbitrary arrest of the Anandbazar Patrika journalist Debmalya Bagchi following stories he wrote within the Kharagpur version of the Anandabazar Patrika, highlighting the menace of Hooch Traders within the Kharagpur Municipality.
Semi Emergency like state of affairs in West Bengal beneath Mamata Banerjee’s Authoritarian Regime.
I raised my voice earlier in my X-Handle when Mamata Police arrested Anandabazar Patrika’s Kharagpur Correspondent; Shri Debmalya Bagchi, for highlighting the menace of Hooch Traders in… pic.twitter.com/JYf9GeMRrV
— Suvendu Adhikari • শুভেন্দু অধিকারী (@SuvenduWB) September 11, 2023
Sharing a replica of the letter he had written to the Jail Superintendent of Midnapore Correctional Home looking for permission to fulfill the journalist, the BJP chief wrote that he had visited the Midnapore Central Correctional Home to fulfill Debmalya Bagchi however the Superintendent denied him permission to take action.
“Semi Emergency like situation in West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee’s Authoritarian Regime. I raised my voice earlier in my X-Handle when Mamata Police arrested Anandabazar Patrika’s Kharagpur Correspondent; Shri Debmalya Bagchi, for highlighting the menace of Hooch Traders in Ward No. 24 of the Kharagpur Municipality. Even yesterday at the Ghatal Rally, I reiterated my stance. Now the Police & Jail Authorities under the specific instructions of Mamata Banerjee have gone a step further and aren’t allowing people to meet him. Today I wanted to visit Shri Debmalya Bagchi at the Midnapore Central Correctional Home but the Superintendent denied me the permission to do so. Why are you afraid Mamata Banerjee? The Leader of Opposition wants to meet a Journalist whom you have jailed for throwing the spotlight on the deteriorating Law & Order situation of the State. You might have been able to temporarily halt the ink flowing from the Pen of this Journalist, but remember Authoritarian Regimes don’t last forever and the Pen is mightier than your Atrocities,” the BJP chief’s lengthy publish learn.
On seventh September Suvendu Adhikari knowledgeable concerning the arrest of Anandabazar Patrika journalist Debmalya Bagchi by the state authorities in West Bengal. Accusing media and left-liberals of sustaining silence on the arrest, he narrated the chronology of occasions that led to Bagchi’s arrest.
Journalist arrested by Police in West Bengal. No media outrage & condemnation by the pseudo liberal & mental brigade, because the stated Journalist does not have any PFI hyperlink.
Chronology of occasions:-
August 27, 2023 – A information article will get printed within the Kharagpur version of the… pic.twitter.com/TAOMkRkwcK
— Suvendu Adhikari • শুভেন্দু অধিকারী (@SuvenduWB) September 7, 2023
Journalist Debmalya Bagchi was allegedly picked up by the police from his residence within the aftermath of a collection of stories printed by Anandabazaar Patrika highlighting the unlawful commerce of illicit alcohol occurring within the residential space of Sanjoal in Ward No 24 of Kharagpur Municipality.
