The RSS on Friday accused the West Bengal administration of being a “mute spectator” to post-poll violence within the state and stated the police didn’t take any initiative to cease rioters.
Following TMC’s thumping victory within the just lately concluded Assembly polls, West Bengal has seen a spate of violent incidents largely focusing on political staff and social gathering places of work. At least 14 persons are stated to have misplaced their life in these incidents since Sunday.
“The violence unleashed state wide, soon after the election results came out, is not only highly condemnable but appears to be well conspired also…. That the role of state administrative machinery was completely passive and they remained mute spectators was the most heinous part of this unabated and inhuman violence. Neither the rioters are seemed to be afraid of anything nor is there any initiative by the state police and administration to control the violence,” RSS sar-karyawah Dattatreya Hosabale stated in an announcement.
Hosabale’s assertion comes at a time when the Centre has mounted strain on the Mamata Banerjee authorities over the violence within the state and a central staff of bureaucrats is at present tenting within the state on a fact-finding mission.
“The anti social elements active in this abhorring violence, misbehaved with womenfolk in most barbaric and despicable manner, brutally killed the innocent people and torched the houses, shamelessly looted the shops and malls; and, as a result of the unabated violence, thousands of people including a large number brethren of scheduled castes and tribes, who became shelterless, were forced to go in search of refuge to save their lives and honour. Everywhere from Coochbehar to Sundarbans, there is a widespread fear psychosis among the common people,” Hosabale stated.
Condemning the violence, he stated the foremost accountability of any authorities was to take care of regulation and order. “We demand the newly elected government of West Bengal, as its top priority, to effectively establish rule of law by immediately containing violence, to initiate legal action against culprits by arresting them without further delay and also to instil a feeling of safety and confidence in the minds of affected people, and to take necessary steps for their rehabilitation,” Hosabale stated.
He additionally urged upon the Centre to “take necessary and all possible steps to establish peace in West Bengal”.
Acknowledging that in an election, opposing sides typically cross the boundaries in making allegations and counter-allegations, Hosabale stated, “The electoral victory belongs to political parties, but the elected government is accountable to the entire society.”
