The district Trinamool Congress management is “sad” with Baharampur MP Yusuf Pathan for not visiting Murshidabad throughout final week’s clashes, with a bit of the unit expressing displeasure over the celebration’s determination to subject a star candidate who was absent in the course of the disaster and has perceived disconnect from grassroots staff, a PTI report mentioned.
“He’s a cricketer and a star. Why would he come right here? We’re those making an attempt to handle the state of affairs on the bottom. That is the difficulty with nominating celebrities. He’s in contact with us over the cellphone, and we have now requested him to return to the district. However proper now, he’s busy with the IPL,” Murshidabad MP and senior TMC chief Abu Taher Khan informed PTI.
The TMC native leaders on Friday mentioned they’re in contact with him over the cellphone and have urged him to go to the district quickly. One other senior chief of the celebration, who didn’t want to be named, mentioned the TMC prime brass is “not happy” with Pathan, particularly after he posted photographs on social media, which have been seen as “insensitive” within the current context, the report added.
“Though the violence-hit areas don’t fall below his constituency, he ought to have at the very least paid a go to to the district. The management is wanting into it,” the TMC chief mentioned.
BJP slams ‘absent’ Pathan
The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) lashed out at Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan for posting photographs of him sipping “good chai (tea)” in “calm environment” and being “absent” from violence-hit Murshidabad district in Wes Bengal.
BJP Nationwide Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla alleged that at a time when Bengal was burning the cricketer-turned politician was rejoicing.
Shehzad Poonawalla mentioned, “Mamata Banerjee has picked up a cricketer named Yusuf Pathan from someplace and gave him a ticket and the vote financial institution made him win in Baharampur and as we speak when Bengal is burning, Hindus are being selectively killed, Yusuf Pathan is having fun with sipping tea…That is the precedence of TMC that Pathan sahab will drink tea and revel in whereas Bengal is burning and the Das household is being killed,” an ANI report quoted him as saying.
Pathan had on Sunday posted three photos of him on social media, one in all which confirmed him sipping tea. He captioned the publish with, “Simple afternoons, good chai, and calm environment. Simply soaking within the second.”
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar additionally took to X to publish, “Priorities? TMC MP yusuf pathan is posting image of him sipping tea and soaking within the second whereas Hindus are getting slaughtered in Malda-Murshidabad area! That is what occurs when imports are fielded to signify Bengalis. Shameful!”
NCW chief to satisfy affected households
The Nationwide Fee for Girls (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar started a two-day tour of Malda and Murshidabad to evaluate the affect of the violence on girls and examine rehabilitation efforts.
“We now have obtained studies that girls within the affected areas and aid camps will not be being handled correctly. The NCW has fashioned an inquiry committee. We’ll communicate to the victims and assess the state of affairs earlier than submitting an in depth report,” Rahatkar mentioned in Kolkata earlier than leaving.
The NCW staff will spend the evening in Malda and head to Murshidabad on Saturday. The panel is predicted to satisfy district officers, victims, and ultimately name on the Governor, Chief Secretary, and DGP in Kolkata on Sunday.
An NHRC staff additionally visited a aid camp in Malda on Friday, to satisfy these displaced by the Murshidabad riots, whereas Governor CV Ananda Bose defying Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s request to defer his journey, set out for the district—prompting the TMC to allege a BJP-backed try to impress additional unrest.
The NHRC staff visited the Par Lalpur Excessive College in Malda, the place a whole bunch of displaced individuals have taken shelter since communal clashes erupted in Murshidabad.
What occurred in Murshidabad
Violence erupted in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district and Jangipur throughout protests towards the Waqf Modification Act on April 11 and 12, with clashes between demonstrators and police leading to stone-pelting and torched police autos.
After the Calcutta Excessive Court docket order, BSF has deployed 5 corporations to assist state police operations, IG South Bengal Frontier Karni Singh Shekhawat mentioned on Saturday.
Three individuals have been killed on Friday evening in Murshidabad within the aftermath of mob violence within the district, West Bengal Police mentioned.
(With inputs from companies)
