BJP party: The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the state will observe July 21 as ‘Democracy Murder Day’ in West Bengal to protest against the alleged atrocities by the party MLA and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said this on Sunday. The proposed agitation will coincide with the TMC’s annual “Shaheed Diwas” rally. “We will observe July 21 as ‘Democracy Murder Day’. We will burn the effigies of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim on July 21,” Adhikari said while speaking to reporters outside Raj Bhavan. Adhikari staged a sit-in protest in front of Raj Bhavan in Kolkata along with 300 alleged victims of post-poll violence and said he would soon field 100 such people in front of Raj Bhavan who could not cast their votes in the recent post-poll violence. Raj. Bhavan.
“Very soon I will gather 100 people who could not cast their vote (in the recent assembly bypolls) and make them stand in a line in front of the Raj Bhavan gate. It will be a symbolic protest. I will launch a portal where those who were not allowed to cast their vote will be able to register their names. I am planning a big agitation,” he told reporters outside Raj Bhavan. In early June, a political controversy erupted after the Kolkata Police allegedly prevented Adhikari from organising a protest outside Raj Bhavan. The Calcutta High Court later granted permission to the BJP to hold a dharna in front of Raj Bhavan on July 14. “From July 19, the LoP and BJP MLAs will visit the houses of those who could not cast their vote or were attacked in the recently held elections,” he said, adding that the party may also take out a march in the state. Secretary. The ruling Trinamool Congress snatched all the four assembly seats (Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda, Raiganj and Maniktala) where bypolls were held on July 10. Except for Maniktala, which has long been a TMC stronghold, the BJP had won all three in the 2021 assembly elections. However, the BJP MLAs sided with the TMC. Reacting to the allegations, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said the repeated rejection of the BJP by the people of West Bengal in every election has led to frustration among leaders like Adhikari, who had earlier made tall claims about getting a greater number of seats in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections. “It is pathetic how the BJP shows disrespect for the sentiments of the families of the victims and those opposition workers who challenged the atrocities and terror of the CPI(M) in those days. By choosing July 21 as a protest day, leaders like Adhikari are showing the bankruptcy of their thinking,” TMC leader Kunal Ghosh told the media.
