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New Delhi: Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju has accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of having fueled violence in the state by her stance on the Waqf Amendment Act and said she may have differences but cannot say that a particular law will not be implemented in the state.
Rijiju while speaking with the media said that Banerjee’s defiance of a law passed by Parliament undermines constitutional propriety and sends a dangerous message.
“In the long run, whatever the Chief Minister of West Bengal and some of the political parties are doing will have deep negative repercussions in terms of establishing not only the rule of law, but its propriety of the Constitution. Law and order is a state subject,” he said.
Rijiju said the Chief Minister’s declaration that the Waqf Amendment Act will not be implemented in West Bengal is a matter of serious concern. “Now the Chief Minister herself in West Bengal says that she will not accept and will not implement this Act in her state. That will be construed as defying the constitutional spirits and also at the same time instigating the people.”
Referring to recent incidents in Murshidabad and other parts of Bengal, Rijiju claimed that the violence was a direct result of political rhetoric.
“The violence which had happened in Murshidabad and other parts of West Bengal and we do see sporadic incidents elsewhere–these are the result of unmindful political statements given by Mamata Banerjee and some of the political leaders, which is condemnable. I fail to understand that sitting in such a high position, she is undermining her own position.”
He added that the responsibility for law and order lies with the state government. “For example, the violence in West Bengal–who has to contain the violence? The state government. The person who is in charge of the law and order situation in the state–she herself is fueling this kind of violence, leading to the death of innocent people.”
