“Sandeshkhali Horror: Will it be Mamata’s Nandigram moment?”, Orgnaniser, March 10, 2024:
“West Bengal is the safest state in the country for women.” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had the gall to make this statement following the painful outcry of hundreds of women of Sandeshkhali who said they were being sexually abused over the last several years by TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his goons.
For Mamata Banerjee it’s convenient to give a political colour to the uproar over Sandeshkhali – or shall we say that’s the only safety valve she can hope to give to her government. If the issue turns into a “BJP versus TMC” slugfest, Mamata hopes it will deflect people’s attention and they will not register the sheer sexual and human rights abuses happening with impunity and immunity in her state – to which she has been turning a blind eye ever since she got the CM chair.
Local sources tell us that Sandeshkhali is not the only locality in West Bengal afflicted in this manner. There are many more Sheikh Shahjahans and Sandeshkhalis in other areas of the state, especially the 14 assembly segments bordering Bangladesh…..”
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