Calcutta: Raj Bhavan or the governor’s property in Kolkata will quickly have a backyard devoted to the Punjabi neighborhood as a “tribute and image of Bengalis’ enduring admiration” for them.
The governor may even unveil a portrait of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh at Raj Bhavan on Friday.
The choice to type the ‘Punjabi Bagh’, introduced by Governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday, got here hours after a Sikh delegation known as on him looking for his intervention within the struggle towards BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari who killed IPS officer Jaspreet Singh a ‘Khalistani’.
Representatives of 5 metropolis gurdwaras complained to the governor on Thursday about Adhikari – the chief of the opposition within the Meeting – allegedly utilizing the slur towards the officer after he was stopped from going to unrest-hit Sandeshkhali. Adhikari has denied utilizing the phrase.
The delegation wrote in a memorandum to the Governor: “The elemental rights of the officer have been trampled by the lumpen parts of the BJP leaders of West Bengal with their low cost and discriminatory feedback simply because he wore a turban, which types the guts of Sikh id. To make issues worse, he’s being labeled as a stooge of the state’s ruling get together, and to make issues worse, the mentioned leaders are actually asking for proof, which is clearly accessible in movies on social media.”
On Tuesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shared a video on her social media web page the place IPS officer Jaspreet Singh may very well be heard saying that he was being known as a ‘Khalistani’ as a result of he wore a turban and his faith was being focused was from the opposition BJP, an indictment. the get together has denied.
The Sikh neighborhood has known as for an impartial investigation into the incident and urged the governor to take motion towards the leaders for discrimination.
“We demand decisive motion to deal with this blatant act of discrimination and reaffirm that there’s a society by which each particular person is handled with dignity and respect. We demand that exemplary punishment be imposed on the BJP leaders,” the memorandum mentioned.
Nonetheless, it has been three days for the reason that incident and the state administration is but to take motion towards the BJP.
On the day of the alleged verbal abuse, Further Director Basic of Police (South Bengal) Supratim Sarkar had advised the media that the police have been contemplating motion below Part 295A of the IPC – outraging non secular sentiments of a category.
Adhikari then challenged the police to show their allegation inside 24 hours or else there can be protests.
In the meantime, native protests continued to rage in Sandeshkhali towards absconding Trinamool Congress chief and strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, accused of land grabbing and rape. The influential chief can be concerned in a ration fraud scheme.
(Edited by Tikli Basu)
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