Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met the women of Sandeshkhali (which has been in news lately), who had alleged sexual assault by suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan.
“They put forward their ordeal and PM heard them patiently like a father figure. The victims were very emotional with the fact that PM understood their pain,” sources within the Bharatiya Janata Party told Hindustan Times. The place, Sandeshkhali has been on the boil after there were accusations of sexual assault put in by several women against local Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates. After Shahjahan’s arrest, he was suspended by the TMC for a period of six years.
Before conducting a rally in Barasat, PM Modi took dig at Mamata Banerjee over the Sandeshkhali case.
“Whatever happened in Sandeshkhali is a matter of shame. The TMC government is trying to protect the person responsible for this. However, they have received a setback from the high court as well as the Supreme Court… The storm of Sandeshkhali will reach every part of West Bengal,” the prime minister had said.
The attack from the prime minister comes a day after the Calcutta high court had ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for probing the case over the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in Sandeshkhali. The attack had taken place on January 5 by Shahjahan and his supporters. After the attack, Shahjahan fled and was in the search list of Kolkata police. Three ED officials were injured in the attack and their vehicle was also damaged by the mob on that day in the village.
Sandeshkhali has become a major flashpoint between both the parties of BJP and TMC ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
