TMC leader Hafizul Khan, by a joint team of the CBI and the Bomb Squad of the elite National Security Guard (NSG) from the Sarberia area of Sandeshkhali, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said on Saturday the state has turned into a «safe haven for terrorists».
Hafizul, it turns out, is an aide of expelled TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the alleged mastermind of the attack on an ED team in Sandeshkhali while it was raiding his house in connection with the ration 'scam' and a key accused in the 'excesses' on women and land grab in the island.
Speaking to media persons on Saturday, Ghosh, the BJP's Lok Sabha nominee from the Purba Bardhaman constituency, said the people would rise against the TMC if it tried to hold on to power despite the state falling to the free-run of 'terrorists' and 'goons'.
«Can you imagine the state of affairs in Bengal, where the CISF, CRPF, and BSF have to be brought in just to conduct elections? The CISF personnel are also being brought in to provide security cover to Opposition leaders. What has this state come to? Goons are enjoying a free run in the state and the police and paramilitary are seemingly struggling to put a leash on them. Central commandos are being called in to bring them to justice. It seems that this state has fallen to terrorists and goons. It has also become a hub of the corrupt, those who have looted public wealth. Even after all these, the TMC wants to keep hold of power. However, the people wouldn't tolerate this and would rise against them,» Ghosh said.