West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose recently visited Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, which was the epicentre of recent violence clashes over nomination for the July 8 panchayat elections. The Governor interacted with common people in the area and listened to their accounts of what had occurred in the past few days. The Governor had previously issued a strongly worded statement condemning the significant violence during the nomination phase and stated that such a game of ‘Shaitan’ should end, will end. The beginning of the end will be in West Bengal. Five people have died since the first day of nomination on June 9, with three deaths occurring in Bhangar and two in Murshidabad district.
Just an hour before the Governor reached the violence-hit area, the police recovered seven bags full of crude bombs. However, none of the top police officials from the district or the state were there while the Governor reached the spot. In fact, a junior officer in the rank of a sub-inspector of police briefed him.
Trinamool Congress state spokesman Kunal Ghosh responded to the Governor’s statement, saying that such comments from the Governor based on certain stray incidents are totally unwarranted. He also suggested that the Governor should have issued a Twitter message over the situation in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh as an Indian citizen, even though he is the Governor of West Bengal.
