The state of West Bengal in India has a history of violence during elections dating back to the early years after independence. To prevent further bloodshed and ensure fair and peaceful elections, the Election Commission and government at the government Center decided to deploy the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) across West Bengal for the entire duration of elections in the state. That, however, has not prevented the Muslim-pandering state government from allowing mobs of Muslim men and women to create statewide chaos. With the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, essentially encouraging and inciting violence, Hindus in West Bengal find no respite, despite the presence of central forces.
On April 3, 2021, MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) Saokat Molla, a member of Mamata Banerjee’s party, the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), addressed a crowd of followers who were mostly Muslims. As soon as he concluded his speech, his audience formed a mob and launched attacks on the members of the CRPF overseeing the area. The handful of CRPF men carrying only their service batons were outnumbered by the murderous mob, which was armed with makeshift rustic weapons. They also pounced on the members of the media who were covering the situation; one journalist had to be rushed to a nearby hospital after sustaining serious injuries at the hands of the violent mob.
This state-incited rampage should shock or surprise nobody, as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has provoked her followers to “gherao” Central forces on voting days. Viral videos of another MLA candidate who also belongs to Banerjee’s party, Sujata Khan, show her prompting Muslim youth with challenging statements such as “You are Muslim boys, are you so scared?”
On the fourth day of the election, a riotous mob of 150-300 attacked the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and polling staff at the Sitalkuchi booth in the Muslim-dominated Cooch Behar. The mob, which was carrying weapons including machetes and ladles, tried to block the security forces deployed at the booth and snatch their service rifles.
The CISF said in a statement: “Firstly, they beat up the Head of Home Guard and Asha workers who were present on the duty at the booth. CISF Booth Comdr tried to pacify the miscreants, but the mob entered the polling booth and continued to beat up the other polling staff on duty. A few miscreants tried to snatch the weapons of CISF personnel deployed there.”
In the face of this ensuing violence, security personnel fired two rounds in the air, but failed to disperse the rioters. They were compelled to fire seven more rounds at the advancing miscreants, which led to the killing of four Muslim youth and resulted in the suspension of voting in the area.
In another shocking incident, a Hindu woman was attacked and her one-and-a-half-year-old child was snatched from her arms by a mob of Muslim women seconds before she could cast her vote. The woman alleged that the violent mob ambushed the polling booth. This led to unrest, triggering firing and bombing. Police officials present there were outnumbered by the frenzied mob.
The woman recounted that while some of the miscreants pulled at her hair, some held a machete at her neck. One snatched the baby from her arms, threatening to kill it should she retaliate. “I don’t want any government… where will I find my child now?” she cried in front of reporters covering the story.
An MLA of the ruling Muslim-pleasing party was seen admonishing the hapless mother, asserting that she was making up stories. This is not the first time a leader of the TMC party has displayed abject indifference to a Hindu’s plight. In West Bengal, doctors are beaten up by Muslim mobs, police stations are set ablaze, state police are attacked by miscreants of that community with absolute impunity, and the ruling party takes no action against them.
The state machinery of the sliver of land preserved by Shyama Prasad Mukherjee to be a home for Hindu Bengalis who were bound to be massacred in East Bengal (in the former East Pakistan, Bangladesh) has broken down, and is now serving the Muslim population. One can’t blame the administration when the elected leader, Mamata Banerjee, takes a 180-degree-turn after assuming power and openly admits to overlooking the offenses committed by Muslims because “we must endure kicks of those cows that produce milk.” Though a Hindu, Banerjee is often mocked as “Begum” by citizens and opposition alike because of her glaring appeasement of the Muslims. The state of West Bengal is a staggering example for the world of how a Muslim-pandering leader, despite being non-Muslim, inflicts unprecedented damage on her own people and treats them unfairly in her quest to keep the Muslim voting bloc satisfied.
OTTER says
She is a disaster and an example of how women should not be given leadership positions. The West is sinking because of the feminization of politics and the same will happen in India.
That does not mean that women should be oppressed, merely that their hands should be kept off the levers of power. If you disagree, do look at the ‘squad’ in the US. Nobody points it out be they are disasters as leaders.
Now, that does not mean that all men are good leaders, obviously. The lefty men are terrible examples of ideology ruining a perfectly good operating system: men.
LB says
I don’t disagree with you about women in politics and the feminization of the West, but the state of West Bengal hardly has anything to do with it being run by a woman and everything to do with muslims hating Hindus and wanting to permanently get rid of them at any and all costs. I’m not too familiar with internal Indian politics, but I’d wager to guess that there are Indian states run by Hindu men who are also kowtowing to muslims and letting their mobs run wild. Someone with more in-depth knowledge here can enlighten us both on this topic.
Infidel says
OTTER, every one of Mumtaz Bannerjee’s predecessors was as much a disaster as she was, which is why as Modi noted yesterday, none of the parties that lost an election – be it Congress or Left Front – returned to power, and neither will the TMC. And if Locket Chatterjee, for instance, is made the chief minister, I don’t think she’ll be anywhere near Mumtaz in being a disaster. Mumtaz is like Ilhan or AOC: just like Kristie Noem is nothing like AOC, similarly there are a lot of women in the BJP who are perfectly sensible and nothing like Mumtaz. Sushma Swaraj was reasonably good when she was alive, and Smriti Irani is pretty effective as well
The issue here is that Mumtaz was a product of the Congress, who has never produced a good leader b’cos everything about that party is ideologically married to Nehru and Gandhi, not about what’s good for India. Whereas the BJP has not hesitated to embrace past leaders not from their ranks who were good for the country (such as Ambedkar), or endorse innovative free market solutions that are shown to work
I actually think that Sourav Ganguly would be the best option to lead that state, but not sure whether he’s fully recovered from the heart stints that he has. If he has and is willing, the BJP should offer him the job. Failing that, from the people I’ve seen, either Locket Chatterjee or Suvendu Adhikari
gravenimage says
Thanks for that background, Infidel.
gravenimage says
OTTER has said this sort of thing many times–never mind that there are many dhimmi Hindu politicians–they are not all women.
Then, his saying “that does not mean that women should be oppressed, merely that their hands should be kept off the levers of power” is just grotesque. Not only has he said that women should be prevented from holding office, but from voting, getting an education, or working outside the home.
Perhaps his most appalling demand, though, is that men force Infidel women to breed.
Really, why doesn’t he just convert to Islam now?
Mohini says
I’m from West Bengal. What’s happening is outrageous. Sadly nothing much can be done at the moment. Even the PM of the country is extremely friendly with the PM of Bangladesh, who is probably the only non-extremist in Bangladesh, I think. It’s hellish and ridiculous. A state painstakingly created to be a safe haven for non-Muslim Bengalis is now overrun by a Muslim population, a ‘Hindu’ CM with a Master’s degree in Islamic History and a PM who is trying to keep good relations with a neighbouring country only temporarily masquerading as a friendly supporter.
I know that this article isn’t about Bangladesh. But I just want to say-for India, diplomatic relations with any country that has chosen a state religion can never be successful in the long run as the founding principle of our country is based on freedom. While theirs is built on insecurity.
Infidel says
India has good relations w/ a lot of countries that do have state religions: the issue is not so much state religions as much as it is islam! Even if India were to officially become a Hindu nation (which it won’t), it would still be on very good terms w/ most of its current friends and allies
The thing w/ the BJP is that they have gone out of their way since they came to power in 2014 not to abuse that power the way the Congress did for the previous decades. For instance, the law & order situation in Left Bengal would have been enough of a pretext for an Indira Gandhi to have dismissed the government: only reason she didn’t was that the Congress could never hold a candle to the Communists, who successfully totally discredited them. The BJP otoh has been patiently waiting until the elections are over for the next move, so that Mumtaz can’t play the victim card – not that she will anyway
I do think that the relations w/ Bangladesh will take a nosedive the moment India decides to go ahead w/ the NRC, which has only been put on hold until these elections are over, so that there is no Mumtaz government there to object. Once there’s a ‘double engine’ approval of the NRC, it can go full steam ahead
As for Bangladesh, once Sheikh Hasina dies, whoever follows her is likely to parrot the stances of the Bangladesh jihadists, who have been following events in India even more closely than normal Bangladesh citizens. India had better crack down on Bangladeshis hard at that point, and deport as many muslims possible back to that country. Oh, and also secular ‘Hindus’ who after escaping to Left Bengal support the Marxists or the TMC: they can campaign for secularism just as easily in Bangladesh
OTTER says
Hindu men are the biggest cowards in the world. Unfortunately, can’t blame women alone but give women power and…they will let the Muslims take over. See Angela Merkel and Teresa May.
Infidel says
And on the flip side, see Ahn San Suu Kyi, who refused to let muslims take over, even if it meant the woke hordes on the Left who previously were fans of her turn on her!
Also, what do you have to say about Sadhvi Pragya, who’s second to none on the anti-islam scale within the Sangh parivar?
gravenimage says
+1
Infidel says
Good news here – from what I read, that woman did recover her baby and her other relative who was missing
gravenimage says
Do you have links, Infidel? I haven’t been able to find anything.
Infidel says
It was an YouTube clip in a Bengali language channel w/o captions, which is why I didn’t link to it
gravenimage says
Thanks, Infidel. I am very glad to hear this.
gravenimage says
India: Muslim mobs abduct Hindu baby, attack police to disrupt West Bengal elections
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Just horrifying–the poor parents. Will anything be done to rescue this baby?