BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed the opposition leaders in West Bengal for being “silent” on violence that took place during recently conducted panchayat polls which claimed at least 10 lives.
“Our candidate has run away from the village. Her house has been demolished and Mamata ji says she was born in poverty. I ask why Rahul Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury, Nitish Kumar and other opposition parties are silent? These are opportunistic people” – Ravi Shankar Prasad, BJP MP
Kolkata, Jul 13: With the violence taking centre stage in the West Bengal Panchayat polls, opposition is being blamed for orchestrating the clashes that claimed several lives.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday (Jul 12) slammed the opposition leaders in West Bengal for being “silent” on violence that took place during recently conducted panchayat polls which claimed at least 10 lives. While talking to media, Ravi Shankar Prasad who is chairing the BJP’s fact-finding committee in the wake of the widespread violence during the Panchayat elections in the state.
On Tuesday, the BJP constituted a four-member fact-finding committee in the wake of the widespread violence during the Panchayat elections in the state. Later, addressing a press conference, Prasad alleged that CM Mamata has “shamed” democracy
Hitting back at the BJP leader, Mamata Banerjee said that the fact-finding team led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad is BJP’s provocation committee. She further questioned where were these teams and committees when Manipur was “burning” and thousands of people were murdered in Uttar Pradesh in the name of the “encounter”.
