Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mahua Moitra on Wednesday questioned Delhi police on why no arrests have been made to date within the case had been Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) ‘goons’ had been caught on video ‘terrorising’ Hindu fishmongers into shutting their authorized retailers subsequent to a temple that they constructed CR Park – a neighbourhood in South Delhi recognized for its giant Bengali neighborhood.
“Or are all of us alleged to eat dhoklas and chant Jai Shri Ram?,” Moitra, the Member of Parliament (MP) from Krishnanagar seat in West Bengal, mentioned in a submit on X tagging Delhi police on April 9.
“BJP goons caught on video however not but arrested. Howdy, Delhi Police,” she mentioned.
‘Hurting sentiments of Sanatanis’
On April 8, Moitra shared a purported video of the incident, the place a person will be heard telling these current at Market #1 in CR Park that “a fish market sharing a wall with a temple was hurting sentiments of Sanatanis”.
“Sabhi bhaiyon se yehi aadesh hai ki mandir ke saath ye bazaar hona nahi chahiye (To all my brothers, that is my order: This market shouldn’t be there subsequent to the temple),” the person is heard saying within the video. He additionally says that as per Sanatan Dharma, any kind of killing is prohibited.
“Please watch saffron brigade BJP goons threaten fish-eating Bengalis of Chittaranjan Park, Delhi. By no means in 60 years has this occurred, residents say,” Moitra mentioned within the submit accompanied by the video.
“The temple in CR park that BJP goons laying declare to was constructed by the non veg market distributors ! They pray there – the large pujas are held there. 3 months of a BJP govt in Delhi. Good anniversary current,” Moitra mentioned in one other submit.
The BJP got here to energy in Delhi after 27 years, defeating the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) in meeting polls held in February this 12 months.
Why is BJP creating issues in such a peaceable space?
Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) chief and former MLA from Higher Kailash Saurabh Bharadwaj mentioned these fish retailers had been allotted by Delhi Growth Authority (DDA) and that this isn’t any unlawful encroachment.
“If BJP had downside with CR Park Bengalis consuming fish, they need to have mentioned so of their manifesto,” mentioned Bharadwaj who misplaced the meeting election from Higher Kailash seat to BJP’s Shikha Roy in February this 12 months.
CR Park comes beneath the Higher Kailash meeting seat.
“Bengalis in CR Park are probably the most educated communities in Delhi. Their sentiments and consuming habits should be revered. I’m a vegetarian, and I by no means had downside with their consuming habits, why is BJP creating issues in such a peaceable space?” requested Bharadwaj, who can also be AAP President of Delhi.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva responded to the row and mentioned everybody ought to “respect the sanctity of temples and at CR Park, fish markets merchants have all the time revered temples”.
“Fish markets have been legally allotted and are wanted within the space. The fish merchants keep a excessive stage of cleanliness within the space and take common half in socio-religious actions of CR Park,” Sachdeva was quoted as saying by Indian Categorical.
The video, Sachdeva alleged, posted on social media by Mahua Moitra appears to have been tailor-made by individuals with vested political pursuits to disturb neighborhood concord in CR Park.
Or are all of us alleged to eat dhoklas and chant Jai Shri Ram?
“We strongly condemn the incident and request Delhi Police to take stern motion,” he mentioned.
