Terming the post-poll law and order situation in West Bengal as “extremely worrying”, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said he has asked the Chief Secretary to inquire about the steps taken by the administration to check the “retaliatory violence”. H K Dwivedi has been called. He also claimed that the state police was acting “as an extension of the ruling system to take revenge on political opponents”.
Taking to Twitter, Dhankhar said that lakhs of people are being displaced in Bengal and properties worth crores of rupees are being damaged. He tweeted, “Very worrying law and order scenario. The security environment is being seriously compromised. In such a difficult situation, (I) have called the Chief Secretary on Monday 7th June to inquire about the law and order situation and the steps taken to check the post-poll violence.”
The governor also alleged that those who voted against the ruling Trinamool Congress were suffering from “targeted violence”.
He wrote, “The state is in the grip of unprecedented post-poll retaliatory violence at an unimaginable level. Lakhs of people are being displaced and properties worth crores are being damaged. There has been widespread arson, loot and damage to properties due to continuous vandalism and chaos.
“There were many incidents of rape and murder at the hands of anarchic elements and such elements have no fear of law,” the governor saidCondemning incidents of social ostracization and denial of benefits to those who did not vote in favor of Trinamool Congress, he said that they were being extorted to stay in their own homes and run their business.
He wrote on Twitter, “The democratic values are being flouted openly by the goons of the ruling party. People are afraid of their lives from the police, so they are falling at the feet of the goons of the ruling party.
Dhankhar said that the state authorities “are not even accepting this problem, far from overcoming it.” He said, “The police as an extended part of the ruling system to let the political opponents take out their vengeance. is working.
In such a critical situation, the Chief Secretary should be called on June 7 and he should apprise me of the steps taken to control the post-poll violence.