BJP raises concerns over law and order in W Bengal

The BJP is setting up its election machinery in West Bengal ahead of the crucial 2021 assembly polls. Central leaders, including Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda, among others, would be camping in the state in the run-up to the elections.

New Delhi: A delegation of West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders including Sabyasachi Dutta, BJP Election Committee convenor Shishir Bajoria and Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta on Tuesday wrote to Election Commission to conduct impartial polls and requested, early deployment of Central police forces in the state.

This comes days after BJP national president JP Nadda and several other party leaders were attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers.

Meanwhile, speculations are rife as rebel Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari may join BJP in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah, who is all set to visit West Bengal for a two-day tour later this week. Shah will be in West Bengal on December 18 and 19 to check the party’s preparedness before 2021.

If sources are to be believed, BJP is looking “frantic” in West Bengal this election because it had proved in the 2016 assembly elections that it was a strong force in the state.

BJP has come up with a separate agenda to target TMC strongly. Central leaders, including Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda, among others, would be camping in the state in the run-up to the elections.

There is a lot of dissatisfaction among TMC leaders about Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee and the Bharatiya Janata Party wants to take full advantage of it, sources said.

Over the last few months, Adhikari has been in loggerheads with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reportedly over the organizational decisions taken by her nephew Abhishek Banerjee and political strategist Prashant Kishor.

Speaking to ETV Bharat over phone, West Bengal in-charge, Kailash Vijayvargiya said, "BJP is making the public aware of the chaos and undemocratic policies of Mamta Raj, and the public knows everything."

"West Bengal government's functioning and promptness are always in crisis, and the recent crisis regarding Amphan and corona were similar tests for the TMC government in which it has failed," he said.

Meanwhile, the delegation is meeting the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora to raise concerns over the law and order situation in the state.