"Democracy has been murdered in broad daylight by the Mamata government in West Bengal and what is left is the dictatorship of Didi," Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mahila Morcha president Vanathi Srinivasan said on Tuesday.
In a blistering attack on the ruling TMC after it blamed legal processes for the delay in the arrest of absconding strongman and Sandeshkhali accused Sheikh Shahjahan, Congress state chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday said laying the blame on the Calcutta High Court in the matter amounte
"There have been multiple attempts from various quarters to politicise the Sandeshkhali issue. Now that the court has clarified that there is no bar to arresting Sheikh Shahjahan. He will be arrested by the state police very soon," Ghose said.
"We are confident that Sheikh Shahjahan will be arrested within seven days," TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said in a joint press conference with state Minister Bratya Basu on Monday.
Amid tensions over the Sandeshkhali incident, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday said that the Governor's job is to see when the elected government takes action within the rule of law. If that is not done, then the governor will intervene.
Women in Sandeshkhali have been up in arms over the last few days over alleged atrocities committed on them by TMC leader Sheikh Shajahan and his aides.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Dilip Ghosh has alleged that Trinamool Congress's (TMC) strong man and a prime accused in Sandeshkhali violence and atrocities against women, Sheikh Shahjahan, brought "votes" and "money" to TMC and that's why he is not getting arrested.
Playing down the spontaneous uprising among the women of Sandeshkhali against alleged atrocities by absconding TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and his henchmen, and Opposition protests, state Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose on Sunday said the BJP was in the habit of making allegations ag