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News Desk: The West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh wrote a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah for his intervention to restore law and order in the state. He alleged that the Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool government made West Bengal “a home for terrorists”
In his letter titled ‘Rising threat to state and national security from terrorist and Maoist activity in West Bengal and consequent risk to free and fair elections’ he wrote
“I would first like to convey my sincere admiration for the stellar work done by you as the Union Home Minister to keep our country safe and secure.
Unfortunately, this environment of safety, which is crucial to our progress, is under serious threat in the state of West Bengal. What is even more concerning is that these threats are not ordinary in nature and have the potential to put the security of the entire country at risk.
On the 19th of September 2020, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested 6 Al-Qaeda operatives from the Murshidabad district in West Bengal. Sadly, the presence of such terrorists in West Bengal is not a one-off occurrence,” he has alleged. “Over the past few years, there has been a rapid growth in the activity of notorious terror outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh in the state.
At this moment, it is not enough to remark just upon the presence of these terrorists in the state. It is equally important for us to look into the factors that have turned West Bengal into fertile breeding ground for terrorism. The answer lies in the policies that the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has followed over the past nine years.
The timing of the resurgence of the Maoists puts the role of the TMC in the spotlight.
The unchecked killing of BJP workers by the TMC and the rampant violence perpetrated by the TMC in the past elections clearly show that the TMC is likely to use these disruptive forces to ensure free and fair elections are not possible in West Bengal”
