BJP Forms Committee of 4 MPs to Look Into Post-Poll Violence in Bengal, Biplab Deb To Be Convenor

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J P Nadda on Saturday, June 15, formed a four-member committee to look into the alleged political violence in West Bengal. The BJP has also accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of remaining a mute spectator.

The committee includes Biplab Kumar Deb, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Brij Lal and Kavita Patidar, all BJP MPs. As per the release, Biplab Deb has been appointed as the convenor of the 4-member committee. 

The BJP, in its statement, said that while elections and transfer of power took place in all the states peacefully, West Bengal remains in the “vice grip of post-poll violence”. The BJP said that the scale of political violence witnessed this Lok Sabha elections was similar to what happened during the 2021 state assembly polls. 

The BJP said that the committee would “take immediate stock of the situation and report further.” 

“Mamata Banerjee remains a mute spectator, while criminals of her party, attack and intimidate opposition workers and voters with impunity. Even the Calcutta High Court has taken note of these excesses and extended deployment of CAPF till June 21 and has listed the matter for hearing on June 18,” the BJP said in its release. 

The Lok Sabha elections were held across the country and no instance of political violence was reported from anywhere except West Bengal, the statement added.