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Adhikari offers job, Rs 10 lakh to dead TMC worker’s widow
West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari visited the family of deceased Trinamool Congress worker Birju Keot in Halisahar on Monday, handing over Rs 10 lakh and promising a government job to…
The Story in Brief
West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari visited the family of deceased Trinamool Congress worker Birju Keot in Halisahar on Monday, handing over Rs 10 lakh and promising a government job to his widow, Jeni Sharma Keot. She demanded punishment for the police personnel who were present when her husband died. The visit came a day after former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's car was attacked with stones by locals during her own visit to the same family. Adhikari blamed Banerjee for not informing police about her movements, calling the attack 'mob fury'. TMC protests were held in Kolkata over the incident.
The Indian Opinion
The duelling visits by Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari to the same grieving family lay bare the ruthless race to milk a tragedy for political gain. Each side is quick to blame the other for the mob attack on Banerjee, yet no one is pressing the real questions: why did a party worker die in police custody, and what triggered the local fury? Until an independent inquiry answers those, both the TMC and the BJP are using a widow as a prop.
Source: freepressjournal.in
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