Kolkata:
Senior TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday criticised the BJP-led central authorities for allegedly remaining silent on atrocities towards minorities in Bangladesh, questioning the Centre’s “insufficient” diplomatic response to the disaster and accused the BSF of aiding infiltrators to destabilise West Bengal.
The TMC nationwide basic secretary urged the Centre to provide a befitting reply to the anti-India narrative in such a way that Bangladesh understands.
Elevating considerations over the Centre’s response to the disaster, Mr Banerjee alleged, “Why are the prime minister, international minister, defence minister, and the union dwelling minister silent on the scenario in Bangladesh? The BJP authorities talks about valour and ‘Parakram’ however has not responded adequately to the atrocities on minorities within the neighbouring nation.” He additionally claimed that state BJP leaders, who “always criticise the TMC authorities”, ought to as a substitute ask their central management to be vocal concerning the difficulty.
“Why has there been no robust diplomatic response from the Modi authorities concerning the atrocities on Hindus and different communities in Bangladesh?”, the Diamond Harbour MP questioned.
“Have you ever ever heard of a rustic like Bangladesh daring to intimidate India earlier than 2014? Is that this how you might be brightening India’s identify?” “We’re all conscious of the sort of atrocities and anarchy happening throughout Bangladesh and the silence of our central authorities is including to the speculations.
The prime minister all the time speaks of a robust authorities, a ’56-inch chest authorities’. Now we need to see the Centre giving a befitting reply to Bangladesh within the language they perceive,” he mentioned.
Mr Banerjee additionally made allegations towards the BSF, claiming that the pressure was aiding the infiltration of extremists from Bangladesh.
“To destabilise the state, the BSF is permitting infiltrators to cross into West Bengal. It’s the state police who’re actively arresting these terrorists,” Mr Banerjee mentioned.
A number of suspected extremists have been arrested in numerous components of the state just lately, notably following the unrest in Bangladesh after August 5, he claimed.
“As an alternative of appreciating the state police’s efforts, the opposition criticises them. It’s the state police which has arrested these terrorists. The BJP ought to first reply why the BSF, which is liable for border safety, is failing in its responsibility,” he mentioned.
Talking concerning the arrest of Bangladeshis within the northeastern states, he mentioned, “What’s the Border Safety Power doing? So many individuals have been caught in Tripura and Assam. Is a Trinamool authorities there? Is not it a double-engine authorities?” Hitting out at BJP leaders, the TMC MP criticised their rhetoric on infiltrators, questioning their claims about “hanging individuals the other way up and punishing them one after the other”.
Mr Banerjee additional accused the prime minister and the federal government of “remaining silent” on these being focused within the identify of faith.
Drawing consideration to the plight of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, he mentioned, “The central authorities had promised shelter to Hindus by way of the CAA, however what’s it doing now? Is their silence as a result of there is no such thing as a election at this second?” Mr Banerjee reiterated that the TMC and the West Bengal authorities would align with the Centre’s diplomatic choices concerning the Bangladesh scenario.
Nonetheless, he pressured the necessity for a stronger response.
“The chaos in Bangladesh since August 5 has brought on immense struggling to minorities. The Centre should act decisively as a substitute of sitting idle,” Banerjee claimed whereas launching the “Sebaashray” well being programme in his constituency.
The TMC chief, reacting to the rejection of monk Chinmoy Krishna Das’ bail plea in Bangladesh, said that such “outcomes are inevitable when a rustic’s judiciary is biased”.
“If the judiciary of a rustic turns into weak, the downfall of that nation is inevitable, and nobody can forestall it. We now have seen on numerous events that if the judiciary will not be neutral or turns into biased, the decline of that nation or society turns into unstoppable,” he claimed.
A court docket within the southeastern port metropolis of Chattogram in Bangladesh denied bail to Hindu monk and former ISKCON chief Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case on Thursday.
Mr Banerjee known as upon individuals to maintain calm and preserve concord within the state and to not pay heed to those that try to take pleasure in violence and disrupt legislation and order by citing the Bangladesh scenario.
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