Assam Government Shot Anti-CAA Protesters Like 'Dogs': West Bengal BJP Chief

Shillong, January 13, 2019:

West Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh on landed in the soup after claiming that people protesting against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act must be shot and charged by batons. He also claimed that the BJP-led Governments in Assam and Uttar Pradesh shot the protesters down like "dogs" for vandalizing property, and demanded a similar kind of treatment in Bengal.

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During a public rally at Nadia in West Bengal, Ghosh lambasted WB Chief Minister and primary political rival for not adopting stricter measures against protesters who vandalized properties during the anti-CAA agitations that are being held across the country.

“Properties have been damaged. Whose money is this? This is my money, this is your money. They have set trains on fire, whose money have they destroyed? Still, not one bullet has been fired. There was neither any lathicharge nor any FIR registered. Police did not even arrest anyone", Ghosh charged.

Ghosh further said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should have ordered security personnel to open fire and baton-charge the protesters.

Demanding the Bengal Government to resort to violence against the protesters, Ghosh cited the examples of Assam and Uttar Pradesh, where dozens were killed in firing by police. "In Assam and Uttar Pradesh, our government has shot these protesters like dogs. They were arrested and cases were also filed against them", Ghosh said.

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