West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee claims Ram Navami clashes ‘pre-planned’ by BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for ‘instigating’ violence during Ram Navami celebrations at Bengal's Murshidabad district. On Wednesday violence broke out after a blast happened near a procession in Murshidabad's Shaktipur. One woman was injured in the violence.
CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP had ‘pre-planned’ the attack. CM Banerjee accused the saffron party of orchestrating it ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. "Everything was pre-planned.
The DIG of Murshidabad was removed a day ahead of Ram Navami so that you (the BJP) can carry out violence," she said at an election rally in the Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency. CM Mamata Banerjee also claimed that goons associated with the BJP roughed up police personnel in the district. Ram Navami was celebrated across West Bengal on Wednesday amid heavy security deployment, and barring a blast in Murshidabad that injured one person, it passed off peacefully with leaders of both TMC and BJP taking part in the festivities with an eye on the Lok Sabha polls.
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) had planned more than 5,000 programmes across the state on the occasion. Leaders of the TMC and BJP made best use of the occasion to reach out to voters ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari took part in a Ram Navami procession in New Town near Kolkata and Uluberia in Howrah.
Processions, echoing chants of 'Jai Shri Ram' amid frenzied beating of drums, were witnessed in Bankura, Purulia, Durgapur, Asansol, Barasat, and Barrackpore. Despite the administration's ban, participants of Ram Navami processions in Howrah and Durgapur brandished traditional arms. Jadavpur University withdrew permission it gave to the RSS-affiliated ABVP to celebrate Ram Navami on the
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