Second BJP central team to visit Bengal

As the BJP today said a central team would visit West Bengal shortly in the wake of the murder of a party worker belonging to a minority allegedly by Trinamool Congress supporters two days ago, a verbal slugfest ensued between the two parties.
The BJP accused the TMC of trying to flare up communal tension in the state unable to come to terms with its rise while the TMC hit back, saying the saffron party was indulging in divisive politics in order to create unrest and destabilise law and order.
BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh said a party central team would visit West Bengal in the next few days to assess the ground situation, coming 10 days after a central team had visited Sandehkhali in North 24-Parganas district where several party workers had been injured in attacks allegedly by TMC workers.

State BJP president Rahul Sinha yesterday alleged that the TMC was trying to spark communal tension with the help of a section of the administration in the state to halt the party's rise in the state.
Singh, central leader and covenor in-charge of Bengal, endorsed the statement of Sinha, saying the matter had been brought to the notice of the highest constitutional bodies and agencies of the country.
"I am aware of the ground reality and the situation. It is a matter of grave concern," Singh said, cautioning the TMC not to indulge in communal politics in the state.

"I will like to caution the Trinamool Congress as well as Congress and CPI(M) not to indulge in communal politics... This is the politics of bloodbath the Trinamool Congress is pursuing," Singh said.

He said the team would submit a report to the party president and would request the National Minority Commission to take stock of the situation following repeated attacks on BJP workers across the state.
The TMC was quick to react as it criticised the BJP for allegedly pursuing divisive politics, creating hatred against each other and spreading unrest to destabilise law and order.
TMC secretary-general Partha Chatterjee said, "When the state is absolutely peaceful and people here enjoy most cordial and friendly relation among themselves, some forces are trying to vitiate the atmosphere by disrupting peace and harmony in their own interest."

Chatterjee said that instead of spreading canards against the state government, the BJP government at the Centre should cooperate with the state's development programmes.