Acknowledging stories of individuals being displaced from their properties within the wake of violence in West Bengal following the announcement of meeting election outcomes, the TMC authorities, nevertheless, advised the Supreme Court that the allegation that the state equipment was concerned within the violence was “false”. and “misleading”.
The state authorities mentioned this in response to a discover issued by the apex court docket on a PIL looking for to stop “post-poll violence”, SIT probe into alleged offenses and “compensation and rehabilitation of internally displaced people”. intervention was sought. “Because of the violence.
The reply mentioned that the petitioners have falsely accused the state equipment of indulging in such violence on the premise of rumour-mongering stories and fabricated tales unfold by miscreants on social media.
The state additionally mentioned that not all incidents of violence may be categorised as “post-election violence”.
It mentioned, “The Urgent Petition filed under the guise of a PIL… throws light on the alleged incident of Internally Displaced Person(s) from the State of West Bengal to the State of Assam and other reported instances where residents have been denied their was forced to flee from home. homes, resulting in “post-election” violence. However, it is impossible to classify each act of violence after the announcement of election results as “post-election violence”, whereas Adopting the bottom that such violence is happening within the State of West Bengal which has been diverted by the State Machinery, it’s most respectfully submitted that this petition is politically motivated and is solely primarily based on this Hon’ble The Court has been filed to mislead the precise circumstances relating to the legislation and order state of affairs in West Bengal.
The petition mentioned, “Adopting a misleading narrative seeks political impetus and shows that the state administration is indulging in alleged incidents of violence with wrongdoers” and added that “this was due to timely intervention of the state”. ” The administration mentioned that the legislation and order state of affairs in West Bengal has returned to regular.
It mentioned that among the petitioners “who claim to be victims … have broadly alleged that the incidents of violence in the State were sponsored by the State Administration through their inaction in controlling or suppressing the violence”. I went”.
Such allegations, the state mentioned, are “frivolous and politically motivated”.
It additionally mentioned that the petitioners mustn’t have approached the SC earlier than exhausting their treatment out there earlier than the HC underneath Article 226 writ jurisdiction.
In addition, a five-judge bench of the Calcutta HC is “already adjudicating on several PILs, including alleged incidents of post-poll violence in the state and a slew of issues arising out of the well-being of internally displaced persons.” A variety is included. The State of West Bengal” and “is passing orders with impact from 07.05.2021 and offering acceptable reduction to the aggrieved individuals”.
The reply affidavit additionally outlined the steps taken by West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police to confess complaints associated to violation of legislation and order.
The state claimed that there was a stream of faux information and morphed movies on the social media platform referring to the situation of the post-poll violence in West Bengal and mentioned that “most of such fake news/videos are meant to incite communal disharmony and polarization”. and that legislation enforcement companies took steps to stop the unfold of such pretend information to restrict the impression of misinformation on the general public.
It urged the SC to not intrude within the matter because the HC is occupied with the problem, and noticed that the state equipment has taken proactive steps to deal with the issues raised within the petition.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
