Mamata Banerjee with a child in Sitakulchi space of West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district.
Kolkata:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the moment visited the households of 4 individuals who died in clashes with safety forces at a polling sales space in Cooch Behar district on Saturday. The tragic incident had earlier sparked some sharp exchanges between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP.
In a tweet posted by the Trinamool, the get together shared an image of Ms Banerjeee holding a child in Sitalkuchi, about 680 kilometres from Kolkata, the place the violence was reported from.
“Nobody can perceive your ache higher than Bengal’s daughter. Transferring picture from @MamataOfficial’s go to to grieving households of Sitalkuchi genocide,” the get together’s tweet mentioned.
4 individuals had been shot useless on Saturday exterior a polling sales space in Sitakulchi whereas polling was going down within the fourth part of the West Bengal Meeting election.
The violence unfolded after a person fainted on the polling sales space. Quickly rumours started to unfold that he was overwhelmed up by safety personnel. A mob gathered across the space and a few individuals tried snatching weapons from the CISF troops, police officers mentioned. This led the central forces to open hearth.
Ms Banerjee accused the central forces of “homicide”, blaming the incident on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dwelling Minister Amit Shah. She additionally referred to as it a “deliberate assault”.
Condoling the deaths, PM Modi slammed the Chief Minister and her get together, saying they had been “jittery” concerning the groundswell of assist for the BJP.
