The Birbhum massacre incident was raised by Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha on Thursday when leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Trinamool Congress clashed once each inside and outside the House. Meanwhile, in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took a tough stand and said that the Rampurhat massacre suspects will have to be traced and arrested till they surrender, and said that the police will ensure the harshest punishment for the culprits. Will do
On the other hand, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar also reacted by calling the incident a “shame to humanity and democracy”.
The Governor of West Bengal Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar reacted to the recent horrific massacre at Rampurhat where six women and two children were burnt alive. The barbarism of a cowardly act brings shame to humanity and democracy. pic.twitter.com/MxQDBgBobO— Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) 23 March 2022
In the Lok Sabha, TMC MP Sudip Banerjee demanded the removal of Governor Dhankhar from the state. “We have demanded the withdrawal of the governor. The Home Minister told us that there is no politics on this issue.”
At a press conference, BJP leader Sambit Patra slammed CM Banerjee, calling the TMC supremo “ruthless (brutal) Banerjee”. “This issue pertains to our entire country, not just West Bengal. These are vendetta killings. Bengal’s files are full of such vendetta cases. You are not Mamata Banerjee, but ruthless Banerjee. Her Don’t have an ounce of mercy. In the last one week, there have been 26 political murders in Bengal. Village women are saying that the police didn’t turn up all night, which means the administration was joining hands with the killers, Patra said.
Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari, in one of the initial reactions, called the massacre “the worst massacre ever in West Bengal”.
visited Bogtui village in Rampurhat; with delegation from Birbhum @BJP4Bengal Legislator. The worst massacre ever in West Bengal happened here. as expected @WBPolice Tried to block our way. However we can meet the relatives of the victims and address their concerns.- Suvendu Adhikari • ারী (@SuvenduWB) 23 March 2022
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the killings in Birbhum a day earlier as “heinous” and said the culprits should not be forgiven. Speaking at a virtual event to inaugurate a gallery dedicated to freedom fighters at the Victoria Memorial here, Prime Minister Modi said that the central government is ready to help the state in every way possible to bring the criminals to justice.
He said that he hoped that the state would take steps to bring the guilty to justice at the earliest. I express my condolences on the violent incident in Birbhum district of West Bengal. I hope the state government will definitely ensure that the perpetrators of such heinous crimes are punished.
I would also urge the people of Bengal to never forgive the perpetrators of such incidents, which encourage such criminals. He said that the Center would extend all possible help to the state government to register cases against the culprits. TMC leader and senior Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, reacting to the Prime Minister’s offer of help in ensuring justice for the Birbhum massacre victims, said the state government is bound to ensure that the rule of law takes its course. The culprits will be found and punished.
Banerjee, who landed at a helipad near Bogatui village in the early hours of Tuesday, where 8 people were burnt alive, also promised permanent government jobs to the members of the 10 affected families.
“The police will ensure that the culprits responsible for the Rampurhat massacre are given the harshest punishment. The case filed in the court should be indisputable.” The Chief Minister announced a compensation of Rs.5 lakh each to the next of kin of the victims and Rs.2 lakh each for the reconstruction of the damaged houses.
He said Rs 50,000 would be provided to each of the injured. “The police have been ordered to throw a trap to unearth the secret cache of illegal firearms and bombs across Bengal,” Banerjee said.
Eight people, including two children, were killed in a fire that broke out in nearly a dozen huts in Birbhum district in the early hours of Tuesday in a suspicious outcome of the murder of a ruling TMC panchayat official.
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