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Kolkata, Oct 16 (IANS) The BJP on Thursday accused two ministers of the Mamata government of publicly threatening riots over the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) special intensive review (SIR), which is expected to begin in West Bengal soon.
BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari has shared two videos on the wall of his social media handle, in which two ministers of the state are threatening. They were identified as Tajmul Hussain, Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department and Sabina Yasmin, Minister of State for Irrigation and Waterways Department.
However, IANS could not verify the authenticity of the video.
Both the ministers are from the minority-dominated Malda district, and both were heard in the video threatening big trouble if even a single voter’s name was removed from the voter list after the SIR.
“If the Chief Minister cannot ensure law and order, should she continue in office? Bengal cannot be held hostage to TMC’s ‘riot raj’ for vote bank politics,” Bhandari said in his social media post.
This is not the first time that Trinamool Congress leaders have given such threats. On 10 October, Trinamool Congress MP and former minister Partha Bhowmik said in a public meeting that “West Bengal will boil over if the name of even a single genuine voter is removed from the voter list after the SIR”.
He called upon people to “chaser and detain BJP leaders in various parts of the state if the name of even a single genuine voter is removed from the voter list”.
On October 9, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while addressing the media, had said that she would not tolerate the removal of the name of any particular community from the voter list.
“I am asking them (ECI) not to play with fire. The crisis still persists in West Bengal due to the natural disaster. Many people’s houses have been washed away due to floods. In such a situation, where will they submit the documents required for SIR? Some people are on leave due to the ongoing festival season. How will they submit the documents?” The Chief Minister had said.
–IANS
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