West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, 23 March, said that the state government was concerned about the violent incident reported in Birbhum, and that she would be personally visiting Rampurhat village, where eight people had died.
On Wednesday, a Bharatiya Janata Party delegation, led by LoP Suvendu Adhikari, visited Rampurhat, news agency ANI reported. Adhikari, however, claimed that the BJP delegation was stopped from visiting the site of violence, as per PTI.
"Very unfortunate incident, no words are sufficient to condemn it. The Calcutta HC has given directions to Central Forensics. We demand an NIA or CBI probe. SIT is a wing of state government and the CM is trying to save the government. President's Rule is the only way to save our Bengal," Adhikari said.
Mamata Banerjee, meanwhile, said, "The incident is condemnable. No one will be spared and this incident is a big conspiracy as some people are trying to defame West Bengal." She also stated that the criminal proceedings would be conducted without any political bias.
"The government is ours, we are concerned about the people in our state. We would never want anyone to suffer. The Birbhum, Rampurhat incident is unfortunate. I have immediately dismissed the OC, SDPO. I will go to Rampurhat tomorrow," Banerjee was quoted as saying by ANI.
The chief minister said that such incidents were more common in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar.