West Bengal: RSS-BJP protest after horrific murder of worker & family

A day after the alleged killing of RSS worker, his pregnant wife and their eight-year-old child in West Bengal's Murshidabad, the BJP and the RSS have announced a protest march in the district on Thursday. The RSS and the BJP have alleged that the worker was killed due to free-hand given to culprits under TMC's rule. They have also questioned the law and order situation in the state of West Bengal under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Political killings in West Bengal have been rampant since the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Detailing about the brutal murder, a senior police officer on Wednesday had said that the family and the RSS worker were "murdered by unidentified miscreants". The bodies of the RSS worker identified as Bondhu Gopal Pal, a 35-year-old primary school teacher, his wife Beauty and son were found lying in a pool of blood inside their residence on Tuesday in Jiaganj area of the district, the officer said.

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"Prima facie, it seems that the Pal family was murdered by unidentified miscreants on Monday night. After locals couldn't see them at the puja pandal on Vijayadashami, they visited their residence, only to find the door bolted from inside. The locals then informed the police and the bodies, lying in a pood of blood, were recovered. An investigation has been initiated in the case," the officer said.

BJP's West Bengal unit chief Kailash Vijayavargiya took to Twitter and asked CM Mamata Banerjee about the law and order situation in the state. He wrote: "RSS Activist, his pregnant wife and 8-year-old child were brutally murdered! Where the life of the common man is not safe, how should the law and order of that state be considered good? What is happening in your rule, didi?" BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra has also shared a video of the brutal incident, slamming the TMC government. 

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Violence in West Bengal

The state of West Bengal has been marred with violence due to rivalry between the ruling TMC and the BJP as the latter is giving tough competition to Mamata Banerjee's party. The BJP, in the general election this year, bagged 18 of the 42 seats in the state, four less than the ruling TMC. The TMC's tally came down from 34 in 2014 to 22 seats. The saffron party bagged all Lok Sabha constituencies in Coochbehar, North and South Dinajpur, Bankura, Purulia, Alipurduar and Jhargram districts. Both the parties are now looking forward to the assembly polls scheduled to take place next year, with BJP chief Amit Shah declaring that the party will win 300 seats in the state. On the other side, Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee has maintained that Bengal will reject the saffron party. 

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