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West Bengal Governor Visits Violence Hit Asansol, Stays Away From Muslim Localities

West Bengal Governor Kesari Nath Tripathi바카라 웹사이트on Saturday바카라 웹사이트visited violence-hit Asansol and Raniganj but바카라 웹사이트during his four-and-a-half hour-long visit, he didn't meet a single Muslim family.바카라 웹사이트

“He never asked to go” and “if he had, it would have been difficult to take him there”,바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트quoted a police official as saying.

After his visit, Tripathi held a crucial meeting with district officials of Paschim Bardhaman at the Asansol circuit house. During the meeting, he said, "I have come here with a message of peace and I appeal to all the people to be in harmony and respect each other. Everybody should respect each other라이브 바카라 religious festivals.”

In the riots that broke out on March 26, a day after Ram Navami, two people were killed in Ranigunj and Asansol in West Burdwan district respectively, while many others were injured. According to agency reports, over a dozen houses were burnt and shops were ransacked.

Earlier바카라 웹사이트on Wednesday, the state government had stalled the Governor's plans to visit the trouble-torn district. Declining the Raj Bhawan's request, the state administration had said that it was not advisable for the Governor to undertake the visit given the tense situation on the ground.

"I had planned to visit Asansol and Raniganj two days earlier but for certain바카라 웹사이트reasons,바카라 웹사이트it could not바카라 웹사이트materialise," Tripathi added.

This visit comes on the heels of the union home ministry seeking a report from the state government over law-and-order situation in Bengal. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has also refused the바카라 웹사이트center's바카라 웹사이트offer to send para-military forces to the바카라 웹사이트violence-hit바카라 웹사이트area claiming that the state police was well equipped to control the situation.

Reacting to Tripathi's visit, Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee바카라 웹사이트on Sunday바카라 웹사이트said, "Every time a BJP delegation meets him, the Governor starts reacting to their pressure. People will obviously raise questions about his neutrality."

Meanwhile, a BJP fact-finding team sent by party president Amit Shah is scheduled to visit바카라 웹사이트Asansol바카라 웹사이트on Sunday바카라 웹사이트(today), despite prohibitions in the place.

Earlier, today, the West Bengal government also announced that they are working on revamping their intelligence wing to help avert incidents of violence in the state.바카라 웹사이트

According to data바카라 웹사이트compiled바카라 웹사이트by the Union Home Ministry, communal violence had sharply increased over the past three years in West Bengal.

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While the state recorded 27 incidents of communal violence in 2015, the number almost doubled by 2017 when 58 incidents of violence were recorded.

Both West Bengal police and Kolkata police are also keeping a close watch on social media after communal clashes broke out last year in Basirhat area of North 24 Paraganas over an "objectionable" post on Facebook.

(With Agency Inputs)

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