Encounters have become ‘normal’ for people in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Monday, as she escalated her criticism of the Yogi Adityanath government following the deaths of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf at point-blank range on Saturday. She urged people in the state of Uttar Pradesh to protest these encounters.
CM Banerjee went on to criticize the BJP-led central government, alleging that they send federal agencies “if anything happens in West Bengal.”
The chief minister said addressing a press conference at party headquarters,“Encounters have become a normal thing for the people of Uttar Pradesh. People of UP should protest against these encounters. If anything happens in West Bengal, they (BJP) send central agencies. BJP is double engine…double standard.”
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson slammed the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh (UP) on Sunday for the state’s law and order situation. She expressed concern about the state’s “total breakdown of law and order.”