Kolkata, Dec 7 (PTI) BJP national secretary Rahul Sinhamet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here today and urged himto look into the law-and-order situation in West Bengal.
Singh is in the city to chair a meeting of chiefministers of the states bordering Bangladesh.
Sinha, along with other senior leaders of the state BJPunit, met Singh in the morning and discussed a wide range ofissues, from the recent unrest in the Darjeeling hills to theoverall law-and-order situation in the state.
"We told him (Singh) about the worsening law-and-ordersituation in the state, how the workers of the oppositionparties are being beaten up and even killed. We told him thatdemocratic rights and values are facing a threat in thestate," Sinha told PTI.
"We urged him to look into the matter and take up theissue with the (West Bengal) chief minister (Mamata Banerjee)during the meeting today," he added.
Sinha said Singh was told about the "double standards" ofthe Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal asregards the Darjeeling hills.
"The state government is solely responsible for theunrest in the hills. On one hand, it is rewarding (rebelGorkha Janmukti Morcha leader) Binay Tamang, who has policecases against him, and on the other, it is taking actionagainst (GJM chief) Bimal Gurung.
"The state government's divide-and-rule policy in thehills will backfire very soon," he added.
The Darjeeling hills had witnessed an over-three-and-a-half-month-long shutdown, from June to September this year,over the GJM's demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland.
The influx of the Rohingya and Bangladeshi immigrants andhow to curb it were likely to be discussed at today's meeting,which had been convened by Singh, a home ministry officialsaid. PTI PNT KKRC.
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