Amit Shah in Kolkata: TMC demands Shah to quit over Pahalgam

Indian Express

2 days ago

The Trinamool Congress has demanded Union Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation over the Pahalgam incident in Jammu and Kashmir, and called on the senior BJP leader to take responsibility for 'all the failures' that led to the terrorist attack.
Amit Shah, who was on a two-day visit to Kolkata, held a meeting with state BJP leaders and party workers at the Netaji Indoor Stadium, on Sunday. He hailed PM Narendra Modi for 'deciding to carry out Operation Sindoor' and came down heavily on the TMC and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for 'appeasement', which he also blamed for infiltration from Bangladesh.
The TMC, meanwhile, accused Shah of playing politics in the name of Operation Sindoor at a time when TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee is part of a multi-party delegation of MPs, who have been sent to foreign countries to appraise governments abroad regarding the strikes in Pakistan.
'The Home Minister has to take responsibility for all the failures, and must resign. He has alleged that we have spoken against Operation Sindoor, but we have not said anything against it…He said our leader (Mamata) should ensure that there is no infiltration, but it is the BSF who is guarding… The Home Minister … is a failure,' said state minister Chandrima Bhattacharya. 'Pahalgam he had no information, due to their negligence so many died, have they caught all the terrorists? Not one, Jammu and Kashmir police belongs to whom?'
TMC MP Sagarika Ghose said, 'The Home Minister has come to Bengal and acts like a BJP worker, using cheap language against our CM. Would any Opposition leader be allowed to talk like this?… Divisiveness is his politics… He is talking about infiltration, can he say how infiltration took place in Pahalgam? He has failed as a Home Minister and must resign.'
She alleged, 'BJP is the biggest 'washing machine' that cleans away corruption cases… all ED cases are in opposition-ruled states… Suvendu Adhikari, sitting beside Shah has also been washed in the same machine.'
'What have you done for women? In the RG Kar case, the state police caught the culprit, what about Hathras, Unnao in UP? Do not play with women,' Bhattacharya said. 'BJP should stop the crocodile tears and should give West Bengal the money that is pending.'
TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar hit out at Shah alleging that he is 'dreaming that BJP will come to power in Bengal in 2026'. '…They have come to sell sindoor, the PM had come two days back now the home minister has come. Sindoor is the pride of married woman in India, be careful your hands will burn,' Dastidar said.