Kolkata court orders National Human Rights Commission to probe violence in West Bengal...!

The Kolkata High Court has directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to set up a panel to probe post-election violence in West Bengal.

The Trinamool Congress has won a landslide victory in the eight-phase assembly elections in West Bengal from March 27 to April 29. Mamata Banerjee took over as Chief Minister. Violence erupted in West Bengal after the election results were released on the 2nd of last month.

In particular, those who rallied support for the BJP in the elections, the downtrodden, were severely attacked by women. Many of them died. Many have fled the city for fear of their lives.

The BJP has blamed Trinamool Congress volunteers for the attack. Meanwhile, state Governor Jagadeep Tankar condemned the need to put an end to the violence.

In this context, a letter signed by 600 people including vice chancellors, professors, directors and deans from various universities across the country was sent to the National Human Rights Commission, the Commission for the Underprivileged and the Women's Commission to investigate the West Bengal violence.

Meanwhile, various public interest litigation (PILs) have been filed in the Kolkata High Court seeking an inquiry into post-election violence.

All these petitions are being heard by a five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal. The day before yesterday, when the petitions came up for hearing, the judges ordered the National Human Rights Commission to set up a committee to investigate the post-election violence.

The judges also directed that a member-secretary of the West Bengal State Legal Services Commission be included as a member of the panel and that a member of the State Human Rights Commission be included in the panel. - PTI

Governor meets Union Minister Amit Shah again

In West Bengal, there is a trend of conflict between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Thangar on various issues. Governor Tankar has expressed concern over post-election violence in West Bengal. He has already sent a report to the Central Government on the violence.

In this situation, Tankar has been coming from Delhi since last Tuesday. During the visit, he met President Ramnath Govind, Union Ministers Prakalat Joshi and Prakalat Singh Patel. Governor Tankar met Union Home Minister Amit Shah last Thursday. He said he had briefed the minister on the law and order situation in West Bengal during the meeting.

In this context, Governor Tankar met Union Minister Amit Shah for the second time yesterday.

He told reporters after the meeting, "It is time to put our trust in democracy, the rule of law and the rule of law. I urge the West Bengal authorities and the police to abide by their rules of conduct. He said the worst 'post-election violence' had taken place in West Bengal after the country was liberated.