WB's post-poll violence shows gory side of politics: Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena on Friday said the violence that has erupted in West Bengal after the Assembly election results reveals the gory side of politics and it shows that the rule of force prevails instead of democracyThe party also said that maintaining law and order in the state was equal responsibility of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the central governmentWhat is exactly happening in West Bengal and whose invisible hands are there behind it These things need to become clear Ever since the BJP lost the election in that state news reports of violence erupted there are being flashed It is being said that TMC workers are beating their BJP counterparts But all that is mispropaganda the Sena said in an editorial in party mouthpiece SaamanaOut of the 17 people who have so far died in the postpoll violence in West Bengal nine are linked to the BJP while the rest are TMC workers This means that both sides are involved it saidPrime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the situation from West Bengal governor over phone A senior BJP functionary moved the high court holding Mamata Banerjee responsible for the violence and sought imposition of the Presidents rule in the state it saidAll this shows that the BJP is indulging in foul play the Uddhav Thackerayled party allegedIn the 2019 Lok Sabha polls the BJP had got 18 seats in West Bengal Following that violence erupted and TMC workers were attacked it saidIf this is Bengals culture then Ravindra Sangeet Ravindranath Tagore Bengali literature the states social reformist movement and contribution it to the freedom struggle have gone waste the Sena askedViolence has also broken out in Delhi after the BJP lost the assembly elections there it saidCoronavirus has been claiming so many lives in the country So why play politics of riots and defame the country the party askedIt wondered if anybody had forgotten that maintaining peace and law and order in West Bengal was the responsible of Mamata Banerjee as well as of the central governmentIt also criticised West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for their poll campaign speeches made in West Bengal as it accused them of inciting violence against the TMCThe threats by these leaders during the campaign suggested that there would have been a bloodbath against TMC workers had the BJP won the election in Bengal it saidThis postpoll violence shows gory side of politics and it shows that thokshahi rule of force and not lokshahi democracy prevails it saidMamata Banerjee took oath as the chief minister on Wednesday and till then the administration was in the hands of the Election Commission EC which means it was controlled by the Centre it saidThe EC had shifted several top officers in West Bengal government before the voting So how does the blame of violence fall only on Mamata Banerjee it saidIf the TMCs version that the violence is taking place where BJP candidates won is true thenis it taking place to create trouble for Mamata Banerjee it askedThe Trinamool Congress TMC won the West Bengal elections pocketing 213 of the 292 assembly seats that went to polls and secured a third straight term in officeThis 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