Bengal Violence  

From the recent murder of an RSS worker and his family which is being touted as a criminal case rather than a political murder, one cannot help but connect the dots to the other such murders on the rise in West Bengal.

On Monday, police found 50 crude bombs from an abandoned railway housing complex in the area. Miscreants had hurled bombs and ransacked the Bhatpara Municipal Matri Sadan (maternity home) and this created panic among patients. 

ADG South Bengal Sanjay Singh has been given particular charge of the Barrackpore Commissionerate, the senior state government official said

Recently, at least four political workers— three of BJP and one of Trinamool — were killed in a deadly clash at Sandeshkhali in Basirhat, North 24 Paraganas. The violence apparently broke out over hoisting the BJP party flag.

To express solidarity with the doctors who are agitating against an attack on their colleagues in West Bengal, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a strike on June 17

Quoting the reports received, MHA said the number of incidents of political violence in West Bengal increased from 509 in 2016 to 1035 in 2018. 773 incidents have already occurred in 2019 till date

This election season and the aftermath in Bengal has been dotted by incidents of violence where both the BJP and the TMC have pointed fingers at each other for the murder of their cadre

"There is a complete breakdown of law and order, with reports of mobs attacking doctor hostels with weapons. The government has failed to provide protection and justice to doctors," the AIIMS Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) said

There were several injury marks across the body that gives rise to suspicion that BJP worker Anil Singh could have been brutally tortured before being burnt in Bengal

President's Rule is primarily imposed when there's no party or alliance with a requisite number, or there's an absolute break down of law and order. For the latter, the BJP-led centre has enough statistics to make its case

The Centre on Sunday had also expressed concern over the "unabated violence" in Bengal. Several party workers from both the BJP and TMC have been allegedly murdered over flaring political tensions

A video that has surfaced shows the BJP MP Locket Chatterjee in animated confrontation with police personnel where her move to shift the mortan remains to Kolkata was stalled

In a tweet, the Bengal BJP blamed Mamata Banerjee last night, "She is getting desperate with each passing moment as she loses peoples' support. In her bid to retain power at any cost, killing opposition party members is the new normal in Bengal."

Barely a week ago, more than 50 councillors predominantly from the Trinamool Congress joined the BJP in Delhi. TMC immediately turned into a public spectacle

The violence apparently broke out over hoisting the BJP party flag. Bullets were fired and sharp weapons were used in this small town of Sandeshkhali, which is around 65 km from Kolkata.