Even as the Opposition faulted the Trinamool Congress Government for trampling legal provisions while dealing with the rival outfits, Bengal Chief Minister on Wednesday said that her Government was committed to frame good laws so as to ensure justice for all.
The Chief Minister claimed that her Government had already set up 19 human rights courts ever since it came to power in 2011.
In a tweet on the occasion of International Justice Day Banerjee said “Bangla Government is committed to framing good laws for people and ensuring good justice for all,” adding “19 human rights courts have already been set up in the last eight years.”
In a prompt rebuttal of Banerjee’s claim opposition BJP and CPI(M) wondered “why netizens are being targeted by the police for innocuous facebook posts if the record of human rights is so admirable in Bengal,” and “why the police and TMC goons are teaming up to prevent no-confidence motions against Trinamool boards in a number of municipalities.”
The opposition leaders raised the issue of a government sub-assistant engineer posted in East Midnapore being show-caused for sharing a humorous poetry on the Chief Minister. “Is this not a violation of human rights,” asked a BJP leader from the district mentioning how a BJP youth leader from Howrah Priyanka Sharma was recently jailed for sharing a meme and had to seek bail from the Supreme Court.
Questioning the Chief Minister’s claim of “superb human rights records,” Raju Banerjee another saffron leader said if that be so then “why the BJP is being forcibly stopped from bringing a no-confidence motion in Bongaon municipality despite a High Court order.”