BJP team meets Rajnath, seeks high-level probe in Malda violence case

Kailash Vijayvargiya, BJP general secretary, alleged that “pro-Pakistan” slogans were raised by the crowd which also targeted establishments of a particular community. The delegation led by Vijayvargiya included senior leader Siddharth Nath Singh as well.

A three-member BJP delegation on Tuesday met home minister Rajnath Singh and sought a high-level probe into violence in West Bengal’s Malda.

Kailash Vijayvargiya, the BJP general secretary and in-charge of the party’s West Bengal affairs, along with a delegation met home minister Rajnath Singh over the violence in West Bengal’s Malda. (HT File Photo)

Their meeting with Singh came a day after a ‘fact-finding’ team of the party was not allowed by the state administration to visit violence-hit Kaliachak town, which falls in Malda district.

“Leaders linked with Trinamool Congress were also involved in it. It is not only a matter of state but that of national security. People who do illegal activities there were leading it,” said Kailash Vijayvargiya, the BJP general secretary and also in-charge of the party’s West Bengal affairs.

He alleged that “pro-Pakistan” slogans were raised by the crowd which also targeted establishments of a particular community. The delegation led by Vijayvargiya included senior leader Siddharth Nath Singh as well.

In a memorandum submitted to the home minister, the delegation said “BJP demands that keeping in mind the region’s sensitivity, the chief minister’s allegation against a paramilitary force and infiltration and trade of narcotics and fake currency through it, an impartial action should be taken. The state government should be directed to take positive steps to restore people’s sense of security and confidence.”