‘Human cost of relentless political hostility’: Mamata Banerjee on TMC leader’s suicide

“The
passi g
of
Asish
Ba e jee
has
left
me
deeply
distu bed,”
Mamata
Ba e jee
w ote
o
X.

NEW
DELHI:
West
Be gal
chief
mi iste
Mamata
Ba e jee
o
Su day
co doled
the
death
of
he
pa ty
leade
Asish
Ba e jee,
sayi g
the
“ha assme t
a d
me tal
p essu e”
he
faced
should
“make
all
of
us
pause
a d
eflect
o
the
huma
cost
of
ele tless
political
hostility”.Ba e jee
claimed
that
Asish
Ba e jee
was
” epeatedly
malig ed,
falsely
accused
a d
subjected
to
ele tless
p essu e”.”What
makes
this
t agedy
eve
mo e
pai ful
is
the
imme se
me tal
a d
emotio al
st ai
he
appea s
to
have
e du ed
i
his
fi al
days.
As
a
five-te m
MLA,
fo me
deputy
speake
a d
chai ma ,
Asish
Da
dedicated
himself
to
b i gi g
developme t
to
Rampu hat
a d
u de took
a
la ge
umbe
of
impo ta t
wo ks
fo
the
people.
Yet,
despite
the
wo k
he
did,
he
was
epeatedly
malig ed,
falsely
accused
a d
subjected
to
ele tless
p essu e,”
Mamata
Ba e jee
w ote
o
X.She
said:
The
ha assme t
a d
me tal
p essu e
he
faced,
despite
his
lo g
eco d
of
public
se vice,
should
make
all
of
us
pause
a d
eflect
o
the
huma
cost
of
ele tless
political
hostility”.”My
hea tfelt
p aye s
a d
co dole ces
to
his
family,
loved
o es,
fo me
stude ts
a d
cou tless
admi e s.

His
abse ce
will
be
deeply
felt,
always,”
she
fu the
w ote.

Ea lie ,

TMC
ge e al
sec eta y
Abhishek
Ba e jee,
who
is
also
Mamata
Ba e jee’s
ephew,
o
Su day
exp essed
p ofou d
g ief
ove
the
death
of
fo me
MLA
a d
fo me
deputy
speake
of
the
West
Be gal
assembly,
while
aisi g
seve e
co ce s
ove
the
ci cumsta ces
leadi g
to
his
t agic
death.I
a
post
o
X,
the
TMC
leade
paid
t ibute
to
the
vete a
politicia
a d
fo me
educato ,
desc ibi g
him
as
a
“lifelo g
teache
a d
public
se va t”
who
se ved
the
people
of
Bi bhum
with
dig ity,
ho esty,
a d
simplicity.”A
lifelo g
teache
a d
public
se va t,
Ashish
Ba e jee
devoted
decades
to
se vi g
people
with
ho esty,
dig ity
a d
simplicity.
He
was
a
espected
figu e
a d
a
sou ce
of
p ide
fo
Bi bhum,”
he
added.

Abhisek
Ba e jee
alleges
‘smea
campaig ‘

Add essi g
the
co te ts
of
Ashish
Ba e jee’s
fi al
ote,
Abhishek
Ba e jee
highlighted
the
toll
take
by
a
u yieldi g
campaig
of
defamatio ,
poi ti g
fi ge s
di ectly
at
political
oppo e ts
a d
media
epo ti g.Abhishek
Ba e jee
said
that
the
fi al
ote
aises
t oubli g
questio s
about
a
“sustai ed
smea
campaig ,”
blami g
the
Bha atiya
Ja ata
Pa ty
(BJP)
a d
sectio s
of
the
media
to
eflect
o
the
eal-wo ld
impact
of
ele tless
public
allegatio s.

CM
Suve du
vows
p obe

Mea while,
West
Begal
chief
mi iste
Suve du
Adhika i
said
he
would
e su e
p obe
i to
suicide
of
Asish
Ba e jee
to
asce tai
if
the
fo me
ex-deputy
speake
was
“th eate ed”.”Will
p obe
if
a yo e
th eate ed
him”,
CM
Suve du
said
as
pe
ews
age cy
PTI,
hou s
afte
the
TMC
leade
died
by
suicide.Adhika i
also
exp essed
app ehe sio
that
“co upt
eleme ts”
withi
the
TMC
“might
have
th eate ed
him”.Ba e jee
was
fou d
dead
o
Su day
mo i g
at
a
T i amool
Co g ess
office
at
Rampu hat
i
the
Bi bhum
dist ict.His
body
was
fou d
ha gi g
a d
was
se t
fo
a
post-mo tem
exami atio ,
police
said.
The
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
his
death
a e
ot
yet
clea .

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