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Updated June 27th, 2021 at 18:45 IST

West Bengal post-poll violence: NHRC invites complainants to ventilate grievances

NHRC on Thursday invited the complainants to come forward in person, telephonically, or even via electronic mail and ventilate their grievances.

Reported by: Sudeshna Singh
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In a key development in the case of post-poll violence in West Bengal, the National Human Rights Commission on Thursday invited the complainants to come forward in person, telephonically, or even via electronic mail and ventilate their grievances in front of the committee. Set-up by the chairperson of the Commission Justice (Retired) Arun Mishra, the seven-member committee is looking into the matter of post-poll violence and as part of it, is touring different parts of West Bengal and inquiring into the veracity of complaints and allegations that have come forth so far. 

On June 21, the Calcutta High Court dismissed the West Bengal government's plea to recall or stay the order over the post-poll violence in the state and instead asked the NHRC chairperson Justice (Retired) Arun Mishra to form a committee to examine all complaints pertaining to the violence and submit a comprehensive report to the HC on the situation. It also directed the state government to provide all logistic support to the committee. 

Complying with the order of the court, the very same day NHRC chairperson Justice (Retired) Arun Mishra formed a seven-member committee. It includes National Commission for Minorities Vice-Chairperson Atif Rasheed, National Commission for Women member Rajulben L Desai, West Bengal State Human Rights Commission Registrar Pradip Kumar Panja, and is headed by NHRC member Rajeev Jain. 

Post-poll violence in West Bengal

BJP, Congress, CPI (M), TMC, and ISF have been up in arms over the violence which claimed at least 16 lives after the declaration of poll results. While the MHA sought a detailed report from the state government regarding the "post-election violence targeting opposition political workers in the state" and sent a 4-member team there, PM Modi called up Dhankhar and expressed his anguish at the law and order situation. Though TMC attributed the deaths to "intra-BJP fights," Banerjee requested everyone to remain peaceful.

Meanwhile, BJP president JP Nadda visited WB for two days where he met the families of the affected party workers in Pratapnagar, Beliaghata, North 24 Parganas, and Gopalpur. In another development, CM Mamata Banerjee announced a compensation of Rs.2 lakh each to the kin of the deceased persons. She also warned that her government will act against anyone circulating "fake videos" on post-poll violence. Ignoring Banerjee's opposition, the WB Governor visited violence-hit areas in Cooch Behar and areas of Assam where people from the state are camping. 

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Published June 27th, 2021 at 18:45 IST

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