Malda violence: BJP delegation meets President, slams TMC govt

January 16, 2016 16:51

Stepping up the heat on the Mamata Banerjee government over the Malda violence, BJP today took the matter to the President's doorstep and requested him to seek an independent report from the Governor on the issue.

The party accused the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of promoting vote bank politics by protecting those involved in Malda violence and said that it posed a threat to national security.

A BJP delegation, led by party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and other central and state leaders, met President Pranab Mukherjee and submitted a memorandum. The party alleged inaction on part of the state government on the Malda violence and claimed that the TMC government's policy of 'appeasement and vote bank' politics posed a threat to national security.

They also raised the issue of violence in Birbhum in West Bengal. The delegation also presented another memorandum to the President on the inaction on the part of WB government in arresting the accused in the hit-and-run case involving the son of a TMC leader who killed an air force jawan while he was rehearsing for the Republic Day parade in Kolkata.

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