Trinamool Congress Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal is below public scrutiny as soon as once more following the BJP’s demand that he be investigated in reference to the killings within the district’s Bogtui village final week.
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Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday stated at an occasion in Rampurhat that solely “small fries” had been arrested to this point within the arson case and demanded that Mondal’s calls be traced to search out out his hyperlink to the incident. Among the 21 individuals arrested in reference to the restoration of eight charred our bodies within the village is TMC Rampurhat Block president Anarul Hussain. Most of these arrested are staff of the ruling social gathering.
Anubrata’s rise and rise
The 61-year-old TMC strongman, who belongs to a household of farmers, is a trusted lieutenant of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and helped the social gathering consolidate its place in Birbhum. Of the 11 Assembly seats within the district, the TMC controls 10 for the time being. In 2019, it received each the Lok Sabha constituencies there.
The TMC chief is notorious for making provocative speeches, usually threatening the police with penalties if they didn’t comply with his directions. He has additionally been seen instructing the police to incriminate Opposition staff in false instances. During the 2013 state panchayat elections, Mondal was heard asking social gathering staff to hurl bombs on the police and burn down the homes of Independent candidates. This was the start of his rise in Bengal politics.
Affectionately knowns as “Kesto”, Mondal is the final phrase relating to the TMC’s organizational actions in Birbhum. Despite his penchant for stirring controversies, Mamata Banerjee values her loyalty to her and has usually publicly defended him. In 2014, throughout an argument, Banerjee had sympathised with Mondal, claiming that he suffers from hypoxia for which he has to hold round oxygen cylinders on a regular basis.
Mondal’s devotion to the TMC chairperson was rewarded final month as he was given a spot within the social gathering’s nationwide working committee.
Post-poll violence case
Mondal has by no means contested any election regardless of being in politics for over three many years. He prefers to handle the social gathering from behind the scenes and prepares methods for its enlargement. During the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, and 2016 and 2021 Assembly elections, the Election Commission stored him below strict surveillance following complaints that he may affect voters.
The TMC chief additionally made the information throughout final yr’s post-poll violence in West Bengal. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned him as a witness on the NIT camp workplace in Durgapur in Paschim Bardhaman district in reference to a homicide in Birbhum’s Alambazar space. In response, Mondal moved the Calcutta High Court, looking for safety from arrest by the CBI. In February, the court docket granted him safety from coercive measures by the central company.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
