Daijiworld Media Network
Kolkata, May 28: The TMC (Trinamool Congress) on Monday denied all the allegations on killing of BJP workers in Bengal as ‘baseless’ and said that it was TMC members who were being targeted in political violence in the state.
A senior TMC leader also claimed that not a single BJP worker has been killed in the state in political violence.
Claiming his point on not a single BJP worker has been killed in the state in political violence, a senior TMC leader said, "The allegations are baseless. The fact is not a single BJP worker has been killed in Bengal due to political violence. During panchayat polls, more than 30 Trinamool workers were murdered by the BJP. They also killed a Trinamool MLA."
A few days back while addressing a rally in Varanasi PM Modi pointed fingers on the dangers faced by BJP in the form of "political untouchability" and BJP workers being killed in Bengal.
"The media will not report what happens in Kerala or Kashmir, Bengal or Tripura. Some people have selective sensitivity. Hundreds of workers have been killed only for political ideology. In Tripura, workers were hanged. In Bengal, murders are still on. In Kerala too... perhaps, in India only one political party has faced such killings. Violence has been given legitimacy. This is a danger before us," PM Modi said.
Though the TMC claimed there were not a single BJP worker has been killed in Bengal due to political violence, a 23-year-old BJP worker was shot dead in Nadia district's Chakdaha town on Friday night and another BJP worker was shot dead in the Bhatpara area of West Bengals North 24 Parganas district on Sunday night.
Since the announcement of Lok Sabha poll results on Thursday, many violent incidents were reported from across West Bengal, in which two people were killed and many injured, officials said.
However, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said that the killing might have been a result of infighting within the BJP.
Clashes have also been reported from Bhatpara and Kakinada areas under the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat, where BJP's Arjun Singh defeated Dinesh Trivedi of the TMC.