Trinamool Congress (TMC) State Ministers Sujit Bose and Partha Bhowmik interacted with the locals of Sandeshkhali on Saturday. West Bengal Irrigation Minister Partha Bhowmick said that not a single woman has raised the issue of assault.
Mahila Morcha National President Vanathi Srinivasan and BJP leader Agnimitra Paul along with party workers held a candlelight march from College Square to Thanthania Kalibari in Kolkata, demanding justice for victims in Sandeshkhali on Saturday.
Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi on Saturday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and alleged of securing her aide Sheikh Shahjahan amid various allegations of land grabbing and atrocities against women.
Tensions flared up in Sandeshkhali as protesters from Bemojur village panchayat area set fire to a store room on Thursday in a fit of rage and even thrashed a Trinamool Congress MLA with slippers.
Visuals from the site showed villagers ransacking Maity's house and beating him up with slippers as protests continued in the Bermajur area of Sandeshkhali where angry villagers clashed with the police on Friday.
BJP Mahila Morcha National President Vanathi Srinivasan, will be visiting West Bengal on February 24 for a preparatory meeting, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's is likely to visit the state on March 6 and address a women's programme in Barasat, said a BJP source.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting raids at nearly half-a-dozen locations in West Bengal in its fresh ongoing investigation against absconding Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan in connection with the alleged land grabbing case.
West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar was taken into custody by West Bengal Police after he sat on a protest demanding the arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh in violence-hit Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district.
"Today the newspapers reported certain very proactive comments, observations made by the Honourable High Court. I perfectly go by what the Honourable High Court said. I have already made it clear that this criminal has to be arrested. I am waiting for the day when he is arrested," the Govern
The Sandeshkhali area has been witnessing unrest for over 10 days as women protestors are seeking justice against alleged atrocities committed by TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides.