Following the death of at least eight people after their houses were set ablaze, BJP MPs from West Bengal on Wednesday sought the Centre to use the constitutional provisions in the State. They alleged in the Lok Sabha that law and order has collapsed in the State under the Trinamool Congress dispensation.
As soon as the Zero Hour began, several BJP MPs showed placards and raised slogans against the West Bengal government.
Rejecting the allegations, the TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay said whatever happened in West Bengal's Birbhum district had nothing to do with any political fight and noted that around 20 people have been arrested by the state police in connection with the incident.
He asked the BJP not to do politics over the incident and said his party has sought an appointment with Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding the matter. Shad met a delegation of BJP MPs from the state on Tuesday.
Sukanta Majumdar, the state unit chief of the BJP, said the deaths of so many people as an act of revenge following the killing of a panchayat leader of the TMC have "ashamed" humanity and cited locals to allege that the houses of the victims were set ablaze in the presence of police personnel.
Twenty-six people have been killed in a week in West Bengal as law and order has collapsed in the state, he
said.
Political violence had also exploded in the state following the TMC's victory in the May, 2021 Assembly polls, the BJP leader alleged, urging the Centre to intervene.
He noted that all the victims in the fire tragedy were members of a minority (Muslim) community.
"We want the central government's intervention in the state of West Bengal to stop the state-sponsored terrorism," a placard raised by one of the BJP MPs in the House read.
BJP MP Dilip Ghosh also lashed out at the West Bengal government. He told reporters that even Muslims, who are seen as dependable supporters of the TMC, are not safe in the state as the goons allegedly affiliated to the ruling party target people indiscriminately.