BJP Alleges Bengal Govt’s Non-Cooperation In Land Acquisition For BSF, TMC Hits Again – News18
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Adhikari’s remarks got here amid rising issues about infiltration and transborder crimes within the state, significantly alongside the two,216 km lengthy India-Bangladesh border.
Senior BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (Picture: PTI/File)
Senior BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari on Monday accused the West Bengal authorities of intentionally hindering efforts to safe land for establishing BSF outposts and different important infrastructure alongside the Bangladesh border, thus endangering nationwide safety.
Adhikari alleged that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) authorities’s non-cooperation was compromising nationwide safety by obstructing important measures to forestall infiltration and cross-border crime, whereas prioritising vote-bank politics over the protection of each the state and the nation.
The TMC denied the costs as “baseless” and accused Adhikari of making an attempt to politicise the problem.
Adhikari’s remarks got here amid rising issues about infiltration and transborder crimes within the state, significantly alongside the two,216 km lengthy India-Bangladesh border.
The BJP chief emphasised that the state authorities’s refusal to allocate land for the BSF is contributing to the rise of terrorist actions and infiltration from Bangladesh, which have been a key difficulty for safety forces.
“The West Bengal authorities is obstructing the land acquisition course of to construct Border Outposts (BOPs) and fences to safe the border. Whereas the central authorities is keen to bear all bills, the state authorities is intentionally not offering the land,” Adhikari stated at a press convention.
He added that that is being performed “with an eye fixed on appeasing a selected neighborhood to keep up the TMC’s vote financial institution”.
He additionally raised issues concerning the delay within the development of border fencing, saying that 569.254 km of the worldwide border within the state nonetheless stays unsecured, with important parts being susceptible to infiltration and smuggling.
“The state authorities has not even cleared the land acquisition circumstances which have been authorized by the central authorities. Consequently, the BSF has been unable to construct important border infrastructure, together with outposts and fences, in over 17 crucial areas,” he stated, including that the delay has allowed unlawful actions to thrive unchecked.
Adhikari additionally accused the state police of non-cooperation with the BSF in controlling cross-border crimes, significantly smuggling, cattle trafficking, and the motion of medicine like Phensedyl and Yaba tablets.
“The state police has did not take crucial actions in opposition to transborder criminals. Many of those prison parts are working beneath the safety of the ruling social gathering,” he claimed.
Reacting to the allegations, TMC chief Kunal Ghosh dubbed it baseless.
“The allegations in opposition to the state authorities are baseless. The state authorities has supplied all doable assist to the BSF and different central businesses. Adhikari is making an attempt to pin blame on the state authorities to divert consideration from the failures of the central authorities,” he stated.
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