Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has asked the Union government to impose President’s Rule in West Bengal after Trinamool Congress workers attacked BJP offices in the state and assaulted party workers after the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested its senior leaders.
Said Swamy to THE WEEK, “The only cure for a ruling party in a state getting violent is to impose President’s Rule. As the Union law minister, in 1991, I did the same to the DMK government in Tamil Nadu.” In 1991, President’s Rule was imposed in Tamil Nadu by the Chandra Shekhar government after the law and order situation in Tamil Nadu had deteriorated.
On Tuesday, Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in a chit fund scam. Last week, the CBI had arrested Trinamool Congress leader and former actor Tapas Pal for his involvement in the same scam. Said Pal, “I am innocent. Everything will be proved later.”
BJP leader Krishna Bhattacharya’s house in Kolkata was bombed on Tuesday night by Trinamool Congress workers. The CRPF has been deployed outside the BJP office in Kolkata to prevent further attacks.
