Afive-member fact-finding team of the Bharatiya Janata Party is travelling through various parts of West Bengal following the violence during the recent panchayat elections. They have already visited 24 Parganas and will next head to north Bengal. Former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is leading the team, spoke exclusively on his way to Basanti island in the Sundarbans region and stated that the biggest problem under Mamata Banerjee’s government is police supporting the goons of the state’s ruling party. Edited excerpts:
What’s your take after visiting some of these places?
Democracy is not there, that is clear. Look at the victims, their condition, is this the way? This is Mamata Raj. See how she has treated women. One of the most important complaints that we are getting is that here the police are working for TMC in every way. Democracy has been put to shame by Mamata.
