TMC supporter told she is Hindu and BJP supporter, denied residential certificate by Panchayat chief’s husband Kader Molla; BJP shares testimony

West Bengal BJP on Tuesday, July 23 shared a video testimonial of a Hindu woman detailing how Mamata Banerjee led TMC in West Bengal is depriving Hindus of their fundamental rights based only on their religious identity.

In the video, the woman Anindita Bhuiyan, who identified herself as an avid supporter of the TMC, said that she went to the Panchayat office to get a residency certificate for her daughter. However, she was turned away by the Panchayat Chief’s husband Kader Molla, who told her that she would not be entertained as she is a Hindu and a BJP supporter.

It seems Mamata Banerjee has officially reduced Hindus to second class citizens of Bengal.

In Patuli Khanpur GP under Hansnabad Block in Basirhat, BJP supporter Anindita Bhuiyan went to seek a residential certificate for her daughter in the local Panchayat office.
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— BJP West Bengal (@BJP4Bengal) July 23, 2024

The woman further said that the TMC workers present there mocked her and told her to seek the residential certificate from PM Narendra Modi before slamming the Panchayat office door in her face. 

“In a threatening tone, they asked me whether I was recording the video. When I answered in the negative, they slammed the door in my face. They behaved in a highly insensitive and indecent way,” the woman lamented.

She regretted the fact that despite being a fervent Trinamool Congress supporter she was mistreated and denied her basic rights by the members of the party.

The incident happened in the Patuli Khanpur GP under Hansnabad Block in West Bengal’s Basirhat district.

The BJP shared the video and expressed concern about how Hindus are still forced to live in appalling conditions in the state because of their religious identity, while the TMC is determined to bring in Rohingyas and Bangladeshi infiltrators to Bengal to alter the state’s demographics and undermine national interests.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee offers shelter to ‘helpless people’ suffering in ongoing violence in Bangladesh

On Sunday (21st July), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee responded to the ongoing violent protests over job quotas and potential humanitarian crises in Bangladesh. The TMC Supremo said that the state will surely keep its door open for ‘helpless people’ who have been affected by violence in the neighbouring country and offer them shelter. Banerjee, who had earlier opposed the Citizenship Amendment Act, cited the UN resolution on refugees for assuring assistance and shelter to Bangladeshis. 

Addressing her party’s ‘Martyrs Day’ rally in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee, speaking in Bengali, said, “I cannot speak anything about Bangladesh as it is another country. The Indian government will speak about that. Jodi asohai manush banglar dorja thokthokai, amra tader asroy debo (But if helpless people knock on the door of Bengal, we will shelter them).” 

Atrocities on Hindus a new normal in West Bengal: villagers accuse TMC leader of sexual harassment in Nadia

Recently, in the month of April this year, an influential Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader in the Nadia district of West Bengal came under the scanner for exploitation of women and creating a Sandeshkhali-like atmosphere.

According to a report by Calcutta News, the perpetrator was identified as TMC leader Pradip Sarkar. The villagers had accused him of harassing them at their house during the daytime.

The villagers had also lamented how the police and the district administration have been working in cahoots with the accused Trinamool Congress leader.

Turmoil in Sandeshkhali

The unrest in Sandeshkhali village in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal brought into focus the atrocities committed against Hindu women by former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides Shibu Prasad Hazra and Uttam Sardar.

Multiple women have come forward to narrate instances of land grabbing, and sexual violence perpetrated against them by the trio. Forced by circumstances, they took matters into their own hands and gheraoed the police station.

The agitation led by women eventually led to the arrest of the 3 TMC goons. OpIndia had previously reported how the Trinamool Congress, led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, have left no stone unturned to trivialise the sexual violence committed against women in Sandeshkhali.

Besides Mamata Banerjee, TMC MLA Udayan Guha also attempted to downplay the sexual exploitation of women in Sandeshkhali as ‘eating pie (Pitha khaowa)’ and ‘mischief (Dushtami)’ on 29th February.

TMC spokesperson Jui Biswas also sought to deny sexual violence in Sandeshkhali by demanding ‘video footage of rapes’ as proof. Journalist’ Sagarika Ghose, who was recently rewarded with a Rajya Sabha seat by the TMC, also trivialised the raging unrest in Sandeshkhali village as a ‘local land dispute.’

TMC Minister Partha Bhowmick had earlier tried to dismiss accusations of sexual violence by women of Sandeshkhali village as ‘fake.’ On 10th March, the actress turned TMC candidate from Hooghly, Rachna Banerjee, was seen casting aspersions on the sexual violence faced by women in Sandeshkhali.

Last month, a video of Kolkata Mayor and Trinamool Congress MLA Firham Hakim doing whataboutery on the plight of women of Sandeshkhali village had surfaced on social media. While mocking the ordeal of women, he said, “Now, you know that one ‘khali’ is grabbing all headlines. What ‘Khali’? Ah, Sandeshkhali. It is everywhere.”