Murshidabad communal clashes: Adhir Chowdhury questions CM Mamata Banerjee’s silence over Beldanga incident, urges her to issue a statement 

Criticizing the incompetence of the section constabulary administration, the elder Congress person claimed that they allowed the contented to escalate unchecked. “The Beldanga incidental is simply a full nonaccomplishment of section constabulary unit and the incidental … went viral connected societal media, but the section constabulary was incapable to power the concern instantly and instrumentality enactment against the culprits,” Adhir Chowdhury said portion speaking to The Indian Express.

“A akin communal incidental took spot during Ram Navami celebrations earlier the Lok Sabha elections successful Shaktipur of Murshidabad. In my opinion, some the incident’s are a greater conspiracy to bring successful polarisation successful the district. The CM who comments connected everything is conspicuous by her soundlessness connected the Beldanga arsenic good arsenic Shaktipur incident. As a CM, she should atleast person issued a connection of bid to the people, but each we saw was her silence,” Chowdhury claimed.

“Not galore cognize that the net services are suspended successful Murshidabad owed to communal tension successful the area. If section medication was progressive specified a concern wouldn’t person arised, the full Beldanga is saying. In Manipur net services are unopen successful 7 districts and we cognize the reason, but however large is the reason… in  Berhampore and different areas of Murshidabad,… the Chief Minister should travel retired with a statement. We each are successful dark,” the erstwhile Lok Sabha MP said.

The elder Congress person besides said that prolonged net prohibition has affected the section residents arsenic good arsenic functioning of assorted departments successful the area. “Importantly, net services person been suspended since past Saturday erstwhile the incidental took place. Not lone successful Murshidabad, but successful areas adjacent to the district’s net has been unopen down for the past truthful galore days,” Chowdhury said, adding, “In today’s integer age, radical are severely impacted by the prolonged net ban. Students are struggling, the banking strategy is severely disrupted, and adjacent diligent attraction successful hospitals is affected. This extended net prohibition is unprecedented and unacceptable.”

On Thursday, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury attempted to sojourn the affected areas to interact with the section residents, but said that his introduction into the country was denied by the police. “As a nationalist representative, I’m being denied entree to the area, portion the section Trinamool Congress MLA is freely moving astir with constabulary protection. The section constabulary failed to instrumentality indispensable measures, allowing the concern to escalate,” helium said.

From a determination extracurricular the Murshidabad district, wherever net services stay operational, Chowdhury released a video message, appealing for bid successful the country and besides urging the Chief Minister to contented a connection addressing the situation. “Peace and harmony are the foundations of our society, and we indispensable basal agreed against immoderate attempts to disagreement us,” helium said successful the video message.

Chowdhury claimed that taking vantage of nary net services successful the area, a radical of miscreants are spreading much rumours. “Hence, I volition entreaty to the authorities government, TMC supremo, to openly contented a bid message.

There are galore radical who person not been capable to instrumentality home. Administration is trying but these efforts look not enough. We privation to reconstruct bid successful the area. We indispensable beryllium allowed to sojourn the area. I americium an aged typical of the area. I person told the administration. Today Manipur and Berhampore and different districts person been enactment into the aforesaid situation. We privation the CM’s statement,” helium said successful the video.

On Wednesday, BJP’s authorities president Sukanta Majumdar was detained portion connected his mode to Beldanga successful Murshidabad territory to “assess” the situation, pursuing alleged communal clashes successful the country past Saturday.

More than 17 radical person been arrested for clashes successful the area.