‘Reflection of public anger’: Suvendu Adhikari after Mamata Banerjee faces protests, called ‘chor’

Suve du
Adhikai
o
p otests
agai st
Mamata
Ba e jee

NEW
DELHI:
West
Be gal
chief
mi iste
Suve du
Adhika i
o
Su day
desc ibed
the
p otests
agai st
his
p edecesso ,

Mamata
Ba e jee,
at
Hailsaha
i
No th
24
Pa ga as
as
a
eflectio
of
“st o g
public
a ge .”Mamata
Ba e jee
faced
p otests
ea lie
i
the
day
whe
a
g oup
of
p oteste s
allegedly
su ou ded
he
vehicle,
aised
“cho -cho ”
(thief,
thief)
sloga s
a d
hu led
mud
a d
slippe s
at
he
ca .
She
had
go e
to
meet
the
family
of
a

T i amool
Co g ess
(TMC)
wo ke
who
allegedly
died
i
police
custody.De yi g
a y
i volveme t
of
the
uli g
BJP
i
the
i cide t,
Adhika i
said,
“You
(Mamata
Ba e jee)
have
committed
so
much
theft,
you
will
have
to
hea
people
call
you
a
thief.”He
fu the
claimed
that
the
TMC
sup emo
we t
to
Halisaha
without
bei g
i vited
by
the
deceased’s
family
a d
that
the
TMC
wo ke ‘s
family
was
“satisfied”
with
the
police
a d
admi ist atio .“Do
ot
do
this
whe
the
family
is
shutti g
the
doo .
You
a e
sayi g
you
will
e te
by
fo ce.
Do
it
whe
people
seek
you
help
o
i te ve tio .
This
is
the
time
fo
developme t.
Do
ot
go
a ywhe e
a d
do
a ythi g
that
dis upts
o mal
life,”
he
added.

The
chief
mi iste
also
questio ed
why
his
p edecesso
had
ot
visited
the
family
of
“Abhaya”
(fea less),
the
mo ike
give
to
the
RG
Ka
ape
a d
mu de
victim,
o
the
seco d
a ive sa y
of
he
death.“You
could
have
go e
to
Abhaya’s
house
today.
You
could
have
go e
to
Rat a
Deb ath
with
a
towel
a ou d
you
eck
a d
apologised,
sayi g
you
had
made
a
mistake
a d
aski g
fo
fo give ess.
I
believe
she
would
have
fo give
you,”
Adhika i
ema ked.Rat a
Deb ath,
Abhaya’s
mothe ,
is
ow
a
BJP
MLA.
She
had
p eviously
said
she
co tested
the
ece t
West
Be gal
assembly
electio s
to
fight
fo
justice
a d
accused
Mamata
Ba e jee,
who
was
the
chief
mi iste
at
the
time
of
the
RG
Ka
i cide t,
of
faili g
to
save
“Abhaya.”Mea while,
Adhka i
accused
Mamata
Ba e jee
of
t yi g
to
sabotage
p obe
i to
the
RG
Ka
i cide t,
a d
questio ed
why
would
people
ot
be
a g y
with
he .He
asked:
“You
(Ba e jee)
killed
Abhaya,
we t
to
dest oy
evide ce
a d
t ied
to
buy
he
family
with
Rs
10
lakh.
If
people
th ew
mud
at
you
ca ,
what
else
would
they
th ow?
Flowe s?”Ea lie ,
Mamata
Ba e jee
was
fo ced
to
pass
th ough
a
police
co do
as
the
demo st atio
b iefly
tu ed
the
oad
i to
a
cha ged
political
theat e,
with
ival
sides
t adi g
allegatio s
of
co spi acy,
p ovocatio
a d
admi ist ative
failu e.“My
ca
has
bee
attacked
with
sto es,
shoes
a d
mud.
This
is
othi g
but
a
co spi acy.
I
had
i fo med
the
police
that
I
would
be
comi g,
but
despite
that,
o
secu ity
measu es
we e
take ,”
she
told
epo te s
afte
eachi g
the
a ea.The
fo me
chief
mi iste
also
alleged
that
“la ge
b icks”
had
bee
th ow
at
he
vehicle.

“My
head
could
have
bee
smashed.
I
could
have
died
he e,”
she
claimed,
accusi g
the
BJP-led
state
gove me t
of
usi g
“goo s”
to
ta get
he .Mamata
Ba e jee
also
t ai ed
he
gu s
o
CM
Adhika i,
sayi g
she
had
” o
pa ticula
a ge ”
agai st
the
police
but
allegi g
that
the
fo ce
was
bei g
used
at
the
behest
of
the
state
gove me t.“The
police
a e
p otecti g
the
lumpe s.
Be gal
has
falle
i to
the
ha ds
of
lumpe s,”
she
added,
sayi g
he
pa ty
would
pu sue
the
matte .

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