Members of the TMC and the BJP on Wednesday exchanged heated words in the Lok Sabha after Locket Chatterjee of the BJP raised the issue of political violence in West Bengal even as TMC leader Saugata Roy referred to mob lynching of a youth in Jharkhand and said instead of attacking the West Bengal Government, the BJP should look into the affairs of the state ruled by it.
Raising the matter during the Zero Hour, Roy said it was a “cold-blooded murder” of 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari as police held the youth, who had sustained severe head injuries, in custody for four days.
“BJP members are speaking about West Bengal, but not taking steps on what is happening in Jharkhand and other places. This is an example of religious intolerance and the TMC will continue to protest against mob lynching,” Roy said.
Ansari was thrashed by a mob for alleged theft on June 18 and a video had emerged which purportedly showed that he was forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Jai Hanuman’ in Jharkhand’s Saraikela Kharsawan district.
Chatterjee who also spoke during the zero hour launched an attack on the West Bengal Government over the law and order situation in the state.
She claimed over 100 BJP workers have been killed in political violence after civic body polls and 15 after the Lok Sabha polls.
When Chatterjee blamed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the political violence TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee and other party members countered her vociferously. Geeta Koda of the Congress also raised the issue of mob-lynching in Jharkhand.
Questioning the law and order situation in the State, she said Jharkhand witnessed four cases of mob lynching alone this year.
She also demanded justice for the youth killed in the lynching incident.