West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee claims Ram Navami clashes ‘pre-planned’ by BJP

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1 min read 18 Apr 2024, 02:58 PM IST

CM Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of instigating unit during Ram Navami celebrations successful Bengal's Murshidabad district. One pistillate injured successful clashes. Alleges BJP pre-planned onslaught up of Lok Sabha polls.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a nationalist gathering organized successful enactment of Trinamool Congress (TMC) campaigner from Karimganj constituency Radheshyam Biswas up of the Lok Sabha polls, successful Silchar connected Wednesday. (ANI)

West Bengal Ram Navami Clashes: Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress 9TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee connected Thursday blamed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for ‘instigating’ unit during Ram Navami celebrations astatine Bengal's Murshidabad district. On Wednesday unit broke retired aft a blast happened adjacent a procession successful Murshidabad's Shaktipur. One pistillate was injured successful the violence.

CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP had ‘pre-planned’ the attack. CM Banerjee accused the saffron enactment of orchestrating it up of the Lok Sabha polls.

"Everything was pre-planned. The DIG of Murshidabad was removed a time up of Ram Navami truthful that you (the BJP) tin transportation retired violence," she said astatine an predetermination rally successful the Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency.

CM Mamata Banerjee besides claimed that goons associated with the BJP roughed up constabulary unit successful the district.

Ram Navami was celebrated crossed West Bengal connected Wednesday amid dense information deployment, and barring a blast successful Murshidabad that injured 1 person, it passed disconnected peacefully with leaders of some TMC and BJP taking portion successful the festivities with an oculus connected the Lok Sabha polls.

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) had planned much than 5,000 programmes crossed the authorities connected the occasion.

Leaders of the TMC and BJP made champion usage of the juncture to scope retired to voters up of the Lok Sabha polls.

Leader of the absorption Suvendu Adhikari took portion successful a Ram Navami procession successful New Town adjacent Kolkata and Uluberia successful Howrah.

Processions, echoing chants of 'Jai Shri Ram' amid frenzied beating of drums, were witnessed successful Bankura, Purulia, Durgapur, Asansol, Barasat, and Barrackpore.

Despite the administration's ban, participants of Ram Navami processions successful Howrah and Durgapur brandished accepted arms.

Jadavpur University withdrew support it gave to the RSS-affiliated ABVP to observe Ram Navami connected the field amid protests by Left-backed pupil organisations.

Ram Navami celebrations gained momentum aft 2016, coinciding with the BJP's emergence successful the state. The celebrations person been marred by communal unit successful 2017, 2018 and 2023.

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Published: 18 Apr 2024, 02:53 PM IST