BJP to President: Malda incident threat to national security

The delegation presented another memorandum to the President on the alleged inaction on part of the Trinamool government in arresting the accused in the hit-and-run case, involving the son of a TMC leader, in which an Air Force corporal who was rehearsing for the Republic Day parade in Kolkata was killed.

[related-post]

“The Malda incident is linked to the country’s internal security… This vote bank politics poses a threat to internal security as the same mob also raised pro-Pakistan slogans. That is why we have requested the President to seek his own report from the Governor and the report sought by the central government from the state will help stop the threat caused to the country’s internal security,” Vijayvargiya told reporters after meeting the President.

He added that the BJP is “pained” to know that the West Bengal chief minister said the people had problems with the BSF and that is why the violence took place.

“Why was the police station burnt? The reality is that it was burnt as all those leading that violent clash are linked with fake currency and opium cultivation and are anti-social elements. Unfortunately, all those are being protected by Mamata Banerjee. A number of TMC leaders are involved in such activities. The minority community is somewhere linked to all these incidents and due to this vote bank politics, the West Bengal CM is not acting against them,” he added.

BJP secretary Siddhharth Nath Singh, Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh and former state president Rahul Sinha were also part of the delegation.