Aligarh: A leader of the BJP’s youth wing has announced a reward of Rs 11 lakh
for West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s head following state
police action against a saffron rally billed as a show of strength.
The threat came a day after hundreds of saffron activists took out massive rallies in the heart of Kolkata to mark Hanuman Jayanti, highlighting the growing muscle of right-wing forces in a state the BJP barely managed a toehold in the past.
“Those
who will cut and bring West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee head,
I will give that person Rs11 lakh. Mamata Banerjee never allows
Saraswati Puja, fairs during Ram Navami and during Hanuman Jayanti
procession, people were lathi charged and brutally beaten up. She
organises Iftar party and always supports Muslims,” Yogesh Varshney, a
leader of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, told ANI.
In West Bengal’s Birbhum district, police said they had already
warned Bir Hanuman Jayanti organisers on Sunday that no rally or meeting
would be allowed. The organisers pressed on and assured the police that
they would not carry arms. However, the police did not move from its
stand and charged on.
West Bengal – where Banerjee returned to
power with a thumping majority last year – has seen mounting clashes
between state forces and right-wing elements, who say the Trinamool
Congress is biased towards Muslims and is anti-Hindu. West Bengal sends
42 members to the Lok Sabha and is widely considered one of the toughest
bastions for the BJP – which has won a string of state elections – to
breach.
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