What will forces do if your cadres take up arms? Chidambaram asks Buddha

“If these armed cadres continue to take upon themselves the duties of maintaining law and order,I wonder what is the role of security forces,specially central para military forces which have been deployed at the request of the state government”? he said.

The Home Minister also said it was “a matter of grave concern” that these cadres have been provided arms.

Chidambaram said the “violence presented an alarming picture,which was completely unacceptable in a democratic system”.

The Home Minister’s letter came a day after a Trinamool Congress delegation met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and told him about the alleged misuse of central security forces in West Bengal.

Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee had a couple of days ago threatened to quit as Railway Minister if she was unable to prove the charge of misuse of central security forces.