Political killings new normal in Bengal, says BJP after party leader shot dead; demands CBI probe

 After a BJP leer was shot de outside a police station in West Bengal, saffron party slammed TMC government on Monday, saying state has become "killing fields" of its workers and "political killings" have become a new rmal.

Manish Sukla, a local BJP councillor, was shot de by two bike-borne assailants on Sunday outside a police station in Titagarh of rth 24 Parganas district.

On Monday, BJP activists blocked ros district as part of a 12-hour Barrackpore 'bandh' against killing. BJP workers burnt tyres and blocked major thoroughfares such as Barrackpore-Barasat Ro and Kalyani Expressway, bringing traffic to a complete halt.

Goverr Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed concern over law and order situation and has summoned ditional chief secretary (home) and DGP to discuss matter.

BJP has demanded a CBI inquiry into killing.

dressing a press conference at BJP hequarters in New Delhi, BJP leer Sambit Patra said he would like to ask Mamata Banerjee -- "Is this democracy in Bengal?" "She and her representatives visit different states to talk about injustices, so I want to ask her - when will you visit family of Manish Sukla," Patra asked.

Claiming that more than 115 of his party workers have been killed in Bengal, Patra said, "West Bengal has become killing fields of BJP workers under TMC government." Ar BJP leer and Union minister, Dharmendra Prhan, too criticised Opposition parties and leers for ir silence on Sukla's killing.

"People w are fully aware of farcical faces of ‘Opposition’ and crocodile tears y shed while feeding on people’s miseries and exploiting m for political brownies.

"Killing and culling democratic voices at will is all that “Didi” and her neo-nazis are good at. But, Rahul Baba and his ‘Selective Outr Gang’ will keep silent on killing of #ManishShukla,because for m lives do t matter if victim does t fit in ir propagandam," Prhan tweeted.

Making similar allegations about RJD in poll-bound Bihar, Patra said a young Dalit leer, Shakti Malik, was killed after he left RJD.

Patra claimed that Malik's wife has accused RJD leers of demanding money from him to contest elections as party minee in elections starting from October 28. 

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