Bengal LoP requests Governor to ensure retention of CAPF till Durga Puja

Kolkata: The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday requested Governor C.V. Ananda Bose to initiate the process for retention of 400 companies of central armed police forces (CAPF), already in the state, till the Durga Puja in October in wake of the post-poll violence that has broken out in different pockets since the counting for the Lok Sabha polls on June 4.

Adhikari made this request after meeting the Governor at Raj Bhavan, along with a group of victims of post-poll violence.

The Governor told Adhikari that he would do whatever was necessary to arrest such instances of post-poll violence in the state.

Later speaking to the media persons the Governor said that he promises in the names of all great men born in West Bengal that he will go to the extreme in this matter.

Quoting a recent order of the Calcutta High Court, the Governor said that it seemed that he was under house arrest.

“Those who are victims of post-poll violence were not earlier allowed to meet the Governor,” he said.

He also said that he has received a total of 1,025 complaints related to post-poll violence.

Adhikari told media persons that he has informed the Governor that the pillars of democracy are under attack in West Bengal. “The ration cards of around 5,000 individuals in the state have been snatched away,” he alleged.