Thursday 13 April 2017

13 APR 2017 BJP THREATS TO BEHEAD MAMTA BANERJEE

Imam puts Rs 22L ‘counter-offer’ on BJP leader who put price on Mamata’s head

INDIA Updated: Apr 12, 2017 16:55 IST
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The imam of the Tipu Sultan mosque in Kolkata said he will pay Rs 22 lakh to anyone who can bring him the head of the BJP leader who put the price on Mamata Banerjee’s head.(PTI file photo)

A Muslim cleric, known for announcing fatwas against political leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and author Salman Rushdie, made a counter-offer of Rs 22 lakh for the BJP youth wing leader’s head who announced a reward of Rs 11 lakh for beheading West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
Yogesh Varshney, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in Aligarh, announced the price on Banerjee’s head following state police action against a saffron rally billed as a show of strength.
The threat came a day after police baton charged hundreds of saffron activists who took out massive rallies in the heart of Kolkata to mark Hanuman Jayanti, highlighting the growing muscle of right-wing forces in a state the BJP barely managed a toehold in the past.
“Mamata Banerjee is our respected leader and I consider her as my sister. I will pay Rs 22 lakh to anyone who brings me the head of the BJP leader. It is expected that fascist RSS-BJP will be speaking the language of hoodlums,” Nur-ur Rehman Barkati, imam of Kolkata’s Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque and one of the most influential Muslim clerics in the state, told Hindustan Times.
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Banerjee, however, was unruffled by the issue, saying she is regularly targeted with offensive words.
“But, the more they say such things, the more we will progress. From Bengal to Jharkhand to Uttar Pradesh -- we will spread out towards Delhi,” Banerjee said at a public rally at Domkal in Murshidabad district on Wednesday.
The issue was raised in both Houses of Parliament by Trinamool Congress members and all major political parties, including the Congress, Left, Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party, and the government condemned the statement.
Party Rajya Sabha member Sukhendu Shekhar Roy highlighted the matter on the floor of the in the Upper House, saying the BJP youth activist publicly described West Bengal CM as a “demon” and announced the bounty.
“There were attempts on her life in the 90s. Later, she was beaten up and dragged by her hairs during various movements during the Left Front regime. These people are misfits in politics and it seems they have opened a dictionary of bad words be it Dilip Ghosh (Bengal BJP president) or this BJP leader from Aligarh,” Partha Chatterjee, secretary general of Trinamool Congress, said.
“The BJP leader should be immediately arrested. Why is he roaming free after making such a statement?” added Chatterjee.
Bharatiya Janata Party state president Dilip Ghosh known for his acerbic comments, too, condemned the statement. “Such madness has no place in politics,” Ghosh said.
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Intellectuals in Kolkata also expressed their shock at the statement.
“How can one say such things? He should be immediately arrested. In which country are we living? One cannot say such things,” noted writer Nabanita Deb Sen said.
Debesh Chattopadhyay, theatre personality, said, “It is time people should get together against such religious fundamentalism. This is an attack against democracy.”
Varshney made the statement on Tuesday.
“Those who will cut and bring West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee head, I will give that person Rs11 lakh. Mamata Banerjee never allows Saraswati Puja, fairs during Ram Navami and during Hanuman Jayanti procession, people were lathi charged and brutally beaten up. She organises Iftar party and always supports Muslims,” Yogesh Varshney, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, told ANI.
West Bengal – where Banerjee returned to power with a thumping majority last year – has seen mounting clashes between state forces and right-wing elements, who say the Trinamool Congress is biased towards Muslims and is anti-Hindu.
The state sends 42 members to the Lok Sabha and is widely considered one of the toughest bastions for the BJP – which has won a string of assembly elections – to breach.

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You protect cows, not women: Jaya on BJP leader's bounty on Mamata

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PublishedApr 12, 2017, 3:10 pm IST
UpdatedApr 12, 2017, 3:15 pm IST
BJP MP Roopa Ganguly intervened in Bachchan's speech, claiming she was beaten up by 'TMC goons' and Mamata must answer.
Samajwadi Party members Jaya Bachchan speaks in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)
 Samajwadi Party members Jaya Bachchan speaks in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi: Parliament on Wednesday strongly condemned a statement by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth wing leader announcing a Rs 11 lakh bounty to anyone who beheads West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, with the Centre saying the state government was "free to take legal action" against him.
The issue was raised in both the Houses by Trinamool Congress (TMC) members, with all major political parties and the government condemning the statement.
Jaya Bachchan of the Samajwadi Party (SP) said in the Rajya Sabha that there was a need to take "aggressive" steps for protection of women. "You protect cows and women are facing atrocities," she added, in a jibe at BJP.
"How dare somebody talk like this, especially against women Chief Ministers particularly when women are feeling insecure? Is this the way you are going to protect women?" Bachchan asked.
But BJP MP Roopa Ganguly said she too was a woman and "I was beaten up by 17 goons of TMC in front of policemen. The Chief Minister who is also a woman should answer this."
Raising this issue during Zero Hour in the Upper House, TMC member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said a BJP youth activist has publicly described West Bengal Chief Minister as a "demon" and announced Rs 11 lakh bounty for anyone who brings the head of Chief Minister.
Roy asked the House and the government to condemn this incident, saying "a constitutionly elected CM has been described as demon."
He said the Centre was trying to "unleash a reign of terror" in West Bengal in the name of religion and other things.
Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said the state government can register an FIR and take action.
"On such people action can be taken under the law. An FIR should be registered. Law should take its own course," the Deputy Chairman said, telling the Opposition "you raised this issue. Minister has condemned it...No need of discussion on that".
BSP supremo Mayawati termed it as a "serious matter" and said "BJP should not just condemn the statement, but should also take action."
Other Opposition parties including Congress, Left and SP, also supported TMC on this issue and condemned the incident.
Responding to Opposition outrage, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said: "I strongly condemn such statements. State government is free to take appropriate legal action on this issue".
In the Lok Sabha too, the BJP youth leader's bounty offer was condemned by all sides, with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar saying such a statement by anyone was completely wrong and the government strongly condemns it.
"She is an elected Chief Minister and due respect must be given to her. We strongly condemn it," Kumar said.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said there have been many unpleasant incidents in the political discourse in recent past and everyone must work together to improve it. "This is completely wrong. All sides must exercise restraint," she said.
Raising the issue soon after the House assembled to take up the day's business, TMC member Saugata Roy said "Mamata Banerjee is not only an elected Chief Minister but a former member of this House too. It is serious and alarming behaviour and the House must condemn it. She is a grassroots leader and government must take action on it."
Fully supporting Roy, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said his party fully associated with the sentiment and such incident must not happen anywhere.
"A strong message should go from the government against such behaviour and action must be taken against the guilty," Kharge said.
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