Bhangar violence: Shocked, Trinamool following same path it vowed to wipe out from state, says Abdul Mannan

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“This shows that the agitation came as simply an opportunity for Mamata Banerjee to become the chief minister. She has gone back on the promises she had made,” he added.

The Congress leader said he would make a representation before Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Friday regarding the issue. A Congress team will visit Bhangar shortly to investigate the matter, he added.

Congress state president Adhir Chowdhury was the first political leader to reach Bhangar after the violence. He had demanded that the Mamata government pay compensation to the families of the two youths who were killed. The Trinamool, meanwhile, alleged that the man arrested for the violence, Kallu Sheikh, is a close aide of the state Congress president.

State Congress leader O P Mishra, speaking to mediapersons, said the law and order situation has worsened in the state. “It is the utter failure of the state government. The principle of consent was ignored while purchasing land for the power sub-station… local Trinamool leaders used force to compel farmers to sell land,” he claimed.

“Promises made to the farmers and villagers by the Trinamool leadership were conveniently forgotten. We demand a judicial inquiry into the deaths. We also want the missing villagers from the area be traced,” he added.