"BJP and other parties like CPI(M) and Congress are trying to create unrest in Bengal. Keeping BJP in the front, they are working to destabilise the state," Trinamool Congress secretary-general Partha Chatterjee said on the sidelines of a function here.
"There is no place for violence in Bengal. This is an attempt to stop development work being carried out by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee despite several roadblocks," Chatterjee said, referring to the recent incident at Makhra village under Parui police station in Birbhum district where three persons were killed in violence allegedly between supporters of BJP and TMC.
Terming as political gimmick the BJP's attempt to reach relief materials like food and blankets to the affected people in Makhra, where prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC are in force for the last few days, he said, "Where were they for all these years? I have not seen them giving even puffed rice to anybody earlier.
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