WATCH | On Boat, Suvendu Adhikari Leaves for Sandeshkhali Amid ‘Credit score Warfare’ Between TMC, BJP Over Shahjahan’s Arrest

Declaring Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongman Shajahan Sheikh’s arrest as “victory of democracy”, West Bengal Chief of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, left for trouble-torn Sandeshkhali space on a ship on Thursday amid barricades in North 24 Parganas.

“They (TMC) haven’t any clue on easy methods to cease Suvendu Adhikari. That’s the reason, they’re creating some form of chaos – to cease him, to kill a while. They need to confirm his signature and have now gone to their increased official to make additional progress. I hope they are going to permit us to go to our vacation spot,” BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh mentioned.

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Occasion, which had claimed that Sheikh was in “protected custody” of state police since Tuesday night time, dubbed the arrest as scripted.

“It was the TMC and the state police which have been shielding the culprits. He has been arrested as a part of a well-scripted story. The state administration was compelled to arrest him due to steady agitation by the state BJP unit,” BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar mentioned.

In the meantime, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh hailed the Bengal police for cracking down on Sheikh, and defined why his arrest took time.

“Resulting from a authorized tangle, he couldn’t be arrested initially. Nevertheless, after the court docket clarified that there was no keep on his arrest, the West Bengal Police did its job. The opposition had earlier exploited the embargo on his arrest,” Ghosh was quoted by information company PTI.

Reactions on Shajahan Sheikh’s Arrest

• TMC lawmaker Santanu Sen mentioned, “His arrest proves that our authorities follows ‘rajdharma’ in an administrative method. We had taken motion in opposition to Partha Chatterjee and Jyotipriya Mallick, and equally, we now have taken motion in opposition to Shibu Hazra and Uttam Sardar and now Sheikh Shahjahan has been arrested. Abhishek Banerjee had mentioned that the Police have been unable to arrest him as a result of court docket’s keep order. He has been arrested inside 3-4 days of the elimination of the keep order. On one aspect, accused leaders brazenly transfer in BJP-ruled states and on the opposite aspect our administration doesn’t spare accused TMC leaders if there’s proof in opposition to them. BJP ought to be taught ‘rajdharma’ from the TMC.”

• Chhattisgarh deputy chief minister Vijay Sharma mentioned, “Whoever tries to tamper with the nation’s safety, the curiosity of the nation and other people…they haven’t any place in our nation now.”

• West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari mentioned, “This isn’t arrest, this can be a mutual adjustment. Except the central companies take him into their custody, the folks there gained’t get justice…He’ll get five-star amenities in jail. He’ll use cell phone inside and management the realm from there.”

• BJP’s nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla mentioned, “What’s the TMC authorities and police gloating about? Shahjahan has been arrested solely as a beauty measure, it’s nothing however eyewash. It solely occurred when BJP took up the problem of Sandeshkhali, was on the streets and even Courts have been compelled and constrained to come back down closely on the TMC govt and on the motion of Police. That’s when Shahjahan, who was on state safety has now been proven as arrested…TMC knew the place he was and gave him safety. Within the Meeting Mamata Banerjee defended him, outdoors Abhishek Banerjee defended him…”