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West Bengal: Congress, BJP and Left delegations stopped from visiting violence hit Basirhat

Congress, BJP and Left delegations stopped from visiting violence hit Basirhat

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A burnt vehicle seen at a road after a communal riot at Baduria in North 24 Pargana district of West Bengal on Wednesday.
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The opposition Congress, the Left Front and the BJP delegations were on Friday stopped from entering violence hit Basirhat in West Bengal.

Tension brewed up at Basirhat town and station area after the communal clashes in Baduria, forcing the police to lob teargas shells and baton charge even as life returned to normalcy in strife-torn Baduria in North 24 Parganas district.

West Bengal, in the last few days, has witnessed violence and serious clashes either taking place between two religious groups or between people and the administration.

Congress delegation led by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was stopped at Barasat, while the BJP MP Roopa Ganguly was stopped at Michael Nagar.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Mohammed Salim was stopped 50 kilometres ahead of the the violence-hit area.

"The situation in Basirhat has become critical. The state government could not fulfill its responsibility and hence it has become a riot affected area," said Mohammad Salim.

"Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would have approached to convert the situation into a normal status. But she was too busy in personal quarrel with the governor," he added.

Heavy security forces have been deployed in and around the area.

To control the situation, the state government had temporarily suspended internet services in four police station areas of Basirhat, Baduria, Swarupnagar and Deganga to check the spread of rumours through social networking sites.

arlier, Mamata had appealed the warring groups to maintain peace and communal harmony in the area. She also held the local police responsible for failing to block Facebook in the beginning only.

The boiling pot of it is the Darjeeling unrest, with the Gorkhas, under the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), demanding a separate Gorkhaland for themselves.

The Gorkhas have demanded for a separate land with the claim that they should get what was promised to them i.e. a separate land.

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