Days aft a clash erupted betwixt villagers on the India-Bangladesh borderline successful Malda district, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday advised restraint and asked radical not to springiness into provocation and task into the neighbouring country.
She alleged that determination was a conspiracy to make tensions betwixt the neighbouring nations. “BSF is guarding the border. It is their responsibility. I volition inquire the radical not to measurement into immoderate provocation. No 1 should spell to Bhat broadside (across Bangladesh border). Through provocation, immoderate sections are intending to make occupation betwixt the 2 countries,” Banerjee said during an administrative gathering successful Murshidabad.
“Don’t instrumentality instrumentality successful your ain hands and bash not spell to that side. Let medication bash its work. I would similar to inquire the medication to usage loudspeakers and dispersed awareness,” she added.
Malda was the latest territory to witnesser clashes on the borderline villages. Previously, akin clashes had taken spot successful Murshidabad and Cooch Behar.
In November past year, communal clashes erupted successful Bengal aft an objectionable connection was circulated. Prohibitory orders were placed and the net was clamped down successful respective areas of Murshidabad for days.
In Cooch Behar, villagers had erected their ain fence.
The hostility further roseate arsenic Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB) protested and thwarted the BSF determination to proceed fencing enactment on the border.
Citing the Beldanga incident, successful which 2 groups clashed implicit an “objectionable” connection connected a integer show committee astatine a impermanent gross of a Kartik Puja pandal, Banerjee Monday besides alleged that determination was different conspiracy to instrumentality communal tensions successful Murshidabad. “A fewer days back, determination was an effort to make communal occupation successful Beldanga. Myself and different apical administrative officers were awake each nighttime monitoring the situation. We could forestall it,” Banerjee said.
Further, she urged Muslim residents, who are successful bulk successful the district, to support Hindus and the minorities. “I inquire each purohits and imams to enactment unneurotic and support peace. During the Beldanga incident, I person heard that an imam utilized loudspeakers to restrain radical who were provoked by immoderate sections,” Banerjee said.
The main curate besides announced that the ‘Duare Sarkar (government astatine your doorstep)’ programme volition beryllium restarted crossed the authorities from January 24 until February 1.
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