Apparently, the BJP has invited the kin of dead BJP workers who lost their lives in the alleged political violence in Bengal, as special invitees, to Modi’s oath-taking ceremony
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided not to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in on Thursday. She had earlier said she would attend the event as “constitutional duty and courtesy”. Her U-turn comes after the BJP’s claim of political violence in Bengal, which she has refuted. She had skipped the ceremony in 2014 as well.
“Congratulations, new prime minister Narendra Modi Ji. It was my plan to accept the Constitutional invitation and attend the oath-taking ceremony. However, in the last one hour, I am seeing media reports that the BJP is claiming 54 people have been murdered in political violence in Bengal. This is completely untrue”, her statement on a social media platform said. It added, “So, I am sorry, Narendra Modi Ji, this has compelled me not to attend the ceremony”.
Mamata Banerjee affirmed, “There have been no political murders in Bengal. These deaths may have occurred due to enmity, family quarrels and other disputes; nothing related to politics. There is no record with us”. Modi, in his address in Varanasi, on Tuesday, had claimed that BJP workers are being killed in the state for their ideology. According to reports, the BJP has invited kin of BJP workers, who allegedly lost their lives in political violence in Bengal, as special invitees, in Modi’s oath-taking ceremony.
Banerjee said such a ceremony was an “august occasion to celebrate democracy” and it should not be used to “score political points”. The 2019 Lok Sabha elections witnessed a pitched battle between the BJP and the TMC, not only via the democratic process of polling, but numerous incidents of violence and voter intimidation…
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