Kolkata: Acrimony between TMC and BJP increased on Thursday, as a delegation of the Safron MLA party, led by Suvendu Adhikari, visited the BSF office nearby to apologize for the “condescending comment” made against the ruling party force and the passage of assembly resolution who oppose the increase in paramilitary power jurisdiction.
TMC replied, allegating that BJP tried to turn BSF to “frontal organization”.
Dinhata MLA The ruling party, Udayan Guha, recently accused BSF “touching women inappropriately” in the border area under the Garb MU.
Adhikari and several BJP MLA on Thursday night visited BSF South Bengal headquarters in the Newtown region and held a meeting with senior officials.
“We visited the BSF office to apologize to his people’s personnel for those who were revealed used against them in assembly and for resolutions passed by TMC MLA against the extension of the yurisdiction of strength in the state.
As a legislator from the same assembly, we thought it was necessary that we apologized On behalf of them, “Adhikari said after the meeting.
He alleged that TMC leaders did not respect the country’s security forces.
“We have the highest award for our security personnel and thank them for the sacrifice they make to protect us, to secure our borders,” opposition leader in the assembly stated.
This center recently changed BSF’s actions to ratify the power to carry out searches, seizures, and arrest in a larger 50 km stretch, instead of 15 km, from the international border in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam.
In response, West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday issued a resolution against the central decision to expand BSF’s jurisdiction, nicknamed the move as an “attack” on the country’s federal structure.
Reacting to Adhikari’s visit, MP TMC Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said BJP tried to use BSF as a “pawn” for his political advantage.
“BJP leaders tried to use BSF as” pawns “to serve their political interests.
BJP tried to change the BSF office into the front organization, as with other central agents.
We condemn the effort to politicize security forces.
We really respect BSF,” he said .
BSF on Wednesday tried to eliminate the error about the extension of its jurisdiction, insisting on the strength of the border guards did not have the power or authority of the police to register fir and investigate a case and it would not enter the state conflict with the state police.
The Additional Director General (ADG) of Force (Eastern Command) Y B Khurania was also discarded as a “many” claims about the TMC MLA ruling in West Bengal that male troops persecuted women while moving them, who underlined the women’s search for women’s personnel.