Bengal lawless under Mamata Banerjee-led govt, curbing democratic rights: BJP

The BJP on Wednesday alleged that West Bengal has become a lawless and bankrupt state under the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjeeled governmentA day after BJP workers and police clashed after cops prevented them from marching towards the secretariat in the state capital during their protests the party hit out at Banerjee for inflicting police torture on its members to suppress their voiceThe BJP had launched a protest march against the ruling Trinamool Congress alleged corrupt practisesFormer Union minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed Banerjee saying she speaks of saving democracy outside the state while crossing all limits to curb peoples democratic and civil rights inside BengalSuggesting that intraparty rivalry within the TMC may be behind the use of force against BJP members he said the chief ministers conduct has been contrary to her political evolution noting her rise from the grassroots and long struggle against the earlier Left ruleIs the fight for succession going on in the TMC he asked hinting about the reported differences between the chief minister and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee without naming the second most powerful leader in the regional partyShe has now left the Left behind in inflicting atrocities and brutalities on the BJP he claimed asserting that the TMC cannot stop his partys march in the stateAlso Read West Bengal coal smuggling case ED summons Abhishek Banerjee on Sep 2Under Mamata Banerjee West Bengal has become a lawless and bankrupt state Prasad saidParts of Kolkata and Howrah district turned into a battlefield on Tuesday as BJP supporters clashed with the police while trying to get past barricades erected to prevent them from marching towards the West Bengal secretariat NabannaWhile the BJP alleged that the Mamata Banerjee government does not want to give space to opposition parties the TMC described the saffron camp workers as hooligansAt the BJP press conference Prasad also took aim at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the spree of firing in Begusarai on Tuesday and the comment of the state agriculture minister that his department was full of thieves and he was their sardaar leaderWhat has happened to you Nitish Kumar ji in the company of your new friends the Patna Sahib MP saidKumar had recently broken his party Janata Dal United ties with the BJP and joined hands the Rashtriya Janata DalPrasad alleged that the RJDs foundation is based on mafia corrupt people and corruption and wondered how long the state government will lastThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever