Bengal BJP President, Dilip Ghosh, yet again stirred controversy with his statement on January 12 at a public rally in West Bengal. Addressing the people in Nadia, Ghosh said that people damaging the public property should be âshotâ referring to how police killed protesters in Mangalore and Uttar Pradesh.
âUttar Pradesh government had not only booked such people but also lathi-charged and shot them. Similarly, we will also shoot, lathi-charge and book whoever destroys public property in the state,â Ghosh said addressing a public gathering, reported Republic.
He criticised Trinamool supremo and state chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, for not ordering lathi charge and open fire on those destroying railway property and public transport during the protest against the contentious CAA and NRC across the state.
He said that the public property belongs to the taxpayers and not anybodyâs father.
âWho do they think the public property that they are destroying belongs to? Their father? Public property belongs to the taxpayers. You (Mamata) do not say anything because they are your voters. In Assam and Uttar Pradesh, our government has shot these people like dogs,â Republic quoted Ghosh.
âYou will come here, eat our food, stay here and damage public property. Is it your zamindari?â Ghosh added, âIn Assam and Uttar Pradesh, our government has shot these people like dogs.â
He further justified the police action in these states and said they did the âright thing,â reported NDTV.
Hitting out at Mamata Banerjee, Ghosh said that the CM didnât take any stringent action against the protesters who destroyed their public property because she didnât want to attack her vote bank.
He said that it is necessary to identify those harming the interests of Hindu Bengalis. He said that there are two crore âMuslim infiltratorsâ in the country and West Bengal alone houses one crore of them. He further mentioned that Mamata Banerjee is trying to protect these âinfiltrators.â
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