Rekha Patra, BJP candidate from Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency after talking to PM Modi said that the PM has given her a big responsibility and she will fulfill every responsibility, she added that PM Modi has shown trust in her by giving poor woman ticket and she will fight for the victims of Sandeshkhali. Rekha Patra said, "We will fulfill the responsibility given by PM Modi. He has shown his trust by giving a ticket to a poor woman like me from Basirhat... The mothers and sisters who are being tortured in Sandeshkhali, we will fight for them. Our efforts will take their fight forward."
27 March,2024 10:52 AM IST
India’s former Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu joined Bharatiya Janata Party on March 19. He joined the party in the presence of BJP’s National General Secretary Vinod Tawde. Taranjit finished his mission as a diplomat in the US on January 3. Taranjit Singh Sandhu is likely to be fielded from the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat. "In the last 10 years, I have worked closely with PM Modi's leadership, especially in the relationship with the United States and Sri Lanka...PM Modi is development-focused. Development is very much needed today. This development should reach Amritsar too. So, I thank the party president, the Prime Minister, Home Minister who encouraged me for the new path of service to the nation that I am entering," the former diplomat said.
19 March,2024 05:45 PM IST
Sandeshkhali victims after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 6, said that they felt very relieved to talk to the Prime Minister. One of the victims said, “We told him openly about the atrocities being committed on every person. We told the Prime Minister how we were tortured. He assured us of help. We voted the Chief Minister to victory but she insulted us. She did not even talk to us. We felt very good after talking to PM Narendra Modi. We requested him to deploy the Central Force here because we have no faith in the state government.” The Sandeshkhali horror has shaken the nation with tales of women being raped by TMC leader and his henchmen. The incident led to Sandeshkhali violence.
06 March,2024 08:26 PM IST
Women from Sandeshkhali were set to participate in a women's rally to be addressed by the Prime Minister on March 6 in Barasat, West Bengal. Expressing their intentions, a resident said, “We are heading to PM Modi to implore him to guarantee our right to vote, demand justice for the atrocities against women, and advocate for peace.” Another local said, “We are going to see Narendra Modi. We will ask him to give us our right to vote back. The way Shahjahan Sheikh took back our voting rights that shouldn’t happen again.” mphasising the statements of the two previous locals, another local woman said, “We want our peace and voting rights back. Up till now, the guns of Shahjahan and Shibu Hazra didn’t let us vote. We want to live peacefully in our area.
06 March,2024 05:07 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 6, addressed a rally in West Bengal’s Barasat. PM Modi during his address trained guns at the Mamata Banerjee led TMC government in West Bengal over Sandeshkhali incidents and alleged atrocities against the women. "TMC govt can never provide protection to women. Whereas, the BJP govt has decided to award life imprisonment for heinous crimes like rape. The women of Bengal have come out to destroy the ‘Gunda Raaj’ in Bengal… For easy registration of women's complaints, we have arranged for a 'Women Helpine', but the TMC govt is not letting it operate in West Bengal. This TMC govt can never work for the welfare of women,” said PM Modi
06 March,2024 03:34 PM IST
There is a major update in Sandeshkhali violence. West Bengal police arrested Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan who has been accused of sexually assaulting many women as well as land grabbing in Sandeshkhali. Reportedly, he was arrested from the Minakhan area in North 24 Parganas in the early hours of Thursday morning. He is expected to be produced before a local court in Basirhat court in West Bengal at 2pm on 29th February. Shahjahan has been evading arrest by both state and Central Agencies for over a month. A large number of women in Sandeshkhali had accused Sheikh Shahjahan of "land-grab and sexual assault". Bengal BJP leaders have been protesting, demanding Shahjahan’s arrest ever since allegations came to the fore.
29 February,2024 10:31 AM IST
Six members of an independent fact-finding committee, on their way to Sandeshkhali, were arrested at Bhojerhat in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on February 25. Following the arrest, the committee members were brought to PHQ Lal Bazaar Kolkata. The Fact-Finding Committee members were stopped by police at Bhojerhat, South 24 Parganas, while they were proceeding to the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali area in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas to investigate alleged incidents of atrocities and Sandeshkhali violence on women there. Saikat Ghosh, Deputy Commissioner, Bhangar Division, Kolkata Police, said while speaking to the media, “We were requesting them to not cross from here, but they were trying to break the police barricade unlawfully. So, we had to arrest them under Preventive Sections. If there is information of a ‘breach of peace’, police can arrest them under preventive sections.” Narasimha Reddy, Former Chief Justice of Patna High Court, said, “We sat here but it seems they've a problem with this also. Now, we will seek the appointment of the governor and explain the situation to him. Later we'll talk about this to the Ministry of Home Affairs in Delhi...”
25 February,2024 06:32 PM IST
West Bengal Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari launched a scathing attack on state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on February 24. Suvendu went out to call the CM as ‘aunty’ and said that people should stop calling her ‘Didi’. He further said that Mamata Banerjee is a cruel lady.Suvendu Adhikari said, “...Stop calling Mamata Banerjee called ‘Didi’ she has now become a ‘aunty’ now...I defeated her in Nandigram during the assembly elections. She lodged 42 cases against me. She is a cruel lady...”
25 February,2024 12:46 PM IST
Tensions remained high in the region on Feb 23 as protests flared up for a 10th consecutive day in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali. Locals of Sandeshkhali and BJP’s Mahila Morcha on Feb 23 protested against the TMC Govt in the Bermajur village of the region. The protestors are seeking justice against alleged atrocities committed by TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides. A clash broke out between locals and the police after the police halted the protest. Some female villagers got injured during the Sandeshkhali Violence. Falguni Patra, West Bengal BJP Mahila Morcha President also protested against the Police in Bermajur village. "The people who are being looted, Police are committing atrocities against them. This is the truth of Bengal...nobody is safe...we are being stopped from going there because they don't want the truth to come out...women here are trying to speak to us but Police are scaring them away," said Falguni Patra.
24 February,2024 01:58 PM IST
Union Minister Subhas Sarkar on Feb 20 said that Bengal people want presidential rule in the state amid the Sandeshkhali violence. Subhas Sarkar said, “People in West Bengal wants Presidential rule to be implemented in the state. NCW chief Rekha Sharma also suggested the same. He (Suvendu Adhikari) should have gone that’s why he went. No one is being allowed to go there. There is no democracy in the state.”
21 February,2024 06:06 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
