TMC calls visits by guv, NHRC & NCW part of ‘scripted plot’
Times of India | 19 April 2025
Kolkata: Dubbing governor CV Ananda Bose's act as "irresponsible", Trinamool on Friday asked if National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and National Commission for Women (NCW) travel bills and allowances were approved only if they had flight tickets to Bengal.
TMC alleged that the visits on Friday by Bose, NHRC and NCW were part of a "scripted plot" to malign Bengal when it was clear that cross-border miscreants were responsible for instigating the Murshidabad violence.
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, responding to questions on Bose travelling to Murshidabad (he went to Malda on Friday) despite CM Mamata Banerjee's appeal against it, said: "This was an irresponsible act. The CM never asked him not to go. She clearly stated that efforts are on to bring peace. He could have always gone, but later. The CM herself could have gone there now but did not. She will go at the right time. This tearing hurry to go (by the governor) is only part of the larger plot to malign Bengal. His political bosses wanted that. He (the governor) is just a dramatis personae."
Ghosh was equally vocal against the NHRC and NCW visits. "I just have one question. Are their travel bills and allowances approved only if they have flight tickets to Bengal? Manipur is on the boil for over a year now. People there witnessed unspeakable brutalities and atrocities, including clashes, rape and murder. They (the commissions) never went there. Their tour itineraries always tend to skip BJP-governed states. In Varanasi — PM Narendra Modi's constituency — there were brutalities. Did they enquire once?" Ghosh asked.
"One thing is very clear (relating to the Murshidabad violence). Even Centre's agencies admitted it. There have been cross-border movements. Bangladeshi miscreants sneaked in, stoked flames and fled. Who guards the borders? Will they probe the role of BSF and MHA? Unless they do, it would be very apparent that they too are part of this plot. The idea is to stoke fire, target one section of people by making another section weep and then rush them to keep fanning the flames to malign Bengal. They are only puppets; their political puppeteers control all their strings," Ghosh added.