“Have every right”: Amit shah on seeking end to Bengal political killings

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Sparring between the BJP and Trinamool Congress continued on Monday, with Home Minister Amit Shah saying that the Centre has every right to demand that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee “immediately end” the spate of political killings in West Bengal.

Rejecting the Trinamool Congress’ charge of selectively issuing advisories to West Bengal while ignoring Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, Amit Shah said the advisory to the state was not over local law and order but political killings. He countered the Trinamool Congress’ Derek O’Brien on Bihar, where over 100 children died due to acute encephalitis, saying the Home Ministry does not issue health advisories.

Amit Shah also defended Uttar Pradesh, saying that the northern state has witnessed no political killings since the BJP came to power. The Home Minister said it was Mamata Banerjee’s “constitutional responsibility” to halt political killings in West Bengal, and insisted that he has the right to advise the West Bengal Chief Minister on the matter.