BJP planning to create disturbance to show Bengal in bad light: Mamata Banerjee

The BJP, which brought the adjournment motion to discuss the violence during panchayat elections, however, staged a walkout of the Assembly after the chief minister mocked Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari over his win in Nandigram during the 2021 Assembly polls. Adhikari, who was earlier with TMC, had defeated the CM in the Assembly polls.

After the BJP MLAs left the House, Banerjee continued to speak and said that BJP was spreading fake news on panchayat polls. “They (BJP leaders) are spreading fake news. Our police were attacked. Police personnel were shot. They (BJP) tried to kill a Block Development Officer. He (Suvendu) lost in his home district. After facing defeat, he spread violence in Khejuri, Tamluk and other areas. If we had rigged the election, how can the BJP win so many seats? We won in panchayat election because we worked for people. We won for our development work,” the chief minister said.

Banerjee claimed that West Bengal is “the best in the country in terms of law and order”. “I am just referring to a small sample. In the last one year in Rajasthan, 5,310 incidents of rape took place. In Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, the incident of rapes are 2,769, 2,339 and 2,061 respectively. But in West Bengal, only 1,128 cases were reported,” she said.

“In terms of POCSO cases (cases of sexual assault among minors), Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh registered 6,898; 5,687 and 5,648, respectively. Whereas in West Bengal, it was only 2,657,” she said.

“BJP should not talk about law and order. Instead of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, they are burning girls. They instigate violence, they spread fake news. During their tenure, Manipur happens, accused of Bilkis Bano (rape) case are freed. Now, to divert attention, they are trying to defame Bengal. They are always anti-Bengal,” she added.