Bengal Guv visits Assam camp sheltering people affected by post-poll violence
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Last Updated: May 14, 2021, 12:50 PM IST
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People at the shelter claimed to have fled their homes in Bengal after the poll results were out on May 2. They also alleged that their houses were ransacked by Trinamool Congress goons .
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Dhankhar had on Thursday visited various places in Cooch Behar and met people who were allegedly affected by the post-poll violence. He was shown black flags at Sitalkuchi
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday visited a camp in Assam s Ranpagli, where several families claiming to be BJP supporters have taken shelter after they had allegedly faced atrocities at the hands of ruling Trinamool Congress workers following the assembly elections. Accompanied by Nisith Pramanik, the BJP MP from Cooch Behar in north Bengal, Dhankhar went to the camp in Assam s Dhubri district and interacted with the people, including women and children, who have
WB Governor visits camp in Assam for people affected by post-poll violence in Bengal ANI | Updated: May 14, 2021 12:10 IST
Agomani (Assam) [India], May 14 (ANI): West Bengal GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar met people affected by post-poll violence in Bengal at Ranpagli camp in the Agomani area of Assam on Friday.
He interacted with those who had taken refuge in the camp.
He also urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to give up the confrontationist approach. Would urge @MamataOfficial to take to cooperative and constitutional stance and give up confrontationist approach as this alone can blossom democracy, promote rule of law and serve the people. Would take initiative to so accomplish by deliberating with CM, he said in a tweet.
Five persons had died on election day in Sitalkuchi.
Dhankhar, whose visit to Cooch Behar was roundly criticised by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was shown black flags by some people at Golokganj as his convoy travelled from Mathabhanga to Sitalkuchi though a posse of policemen put up a human wall to prevent protesters from coming down on the road.
Posters and placards criticising the visit of the governor were also seen at Jorpatki, the scene of firing by central armed police force (CAPF) that killed four persons on April 10 during the fourth phase polling.
A first time voter was also killed at Sitalkuchi while waiting outside a polling booth to exercise his franchise.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to Meet Post-Poll Violence Hit People Sheltered in Assam
The Governor will reach Ranpagli at 9:45 AM on Friday by a BSF Helicopter and visit the camps where around 400 West Bengal BJP workers and their families are living
| 13 May 2021 8:06 AM GMT
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will be visiting Ranpagli and Srirampur camps in Assam on Friday and take stock of the well-being of the over 400 people who had crossed over from West Bengal to Assam and have taken shelter in the camps. The people fled from West Bengal to escape post-poll violence that had erupted in the state.
It is to be noted that a day before his planned visit to the post poll violence-affected Cooch Behar district, Governor Dhankar received a letter from Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee where she said claimed that the scheduled visit violates long-standing protocols.