‘Politically motivated questions’: Mamata Banerjee corners Centre on CAPF exam row, BJP hits back

Mamata Banerjee stated it proved that the BJP has politicised the central forces to serve its political pursuits. (Specific Picture)

The standoff between the Centre and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refuses to die down. This time, the bone of rivalry are the questions requested on the CAPF (central armed police pressure) recruitment examination, associated to the “ballot violence” in West Bengal and farmers’ protest in opposition to three controversial farm legal guidelines.

Banerjee on Wednesday stated hit out on the Centre over the “politically motivated” questions requested within the extremely aggressive examination and stated it proved that the BJP has politicised the central forces to serve its political pursuits. She alleged that the questions had been ready on the “BJP occasion workplace” and undermined the impartiality of the Union Public Service Fee (UPSC).

Banerjee stated, “I used to be shocked to see that politically motivated questions had been requested in an examination performed by UPSC. I respect UPSC and our central forces. It reveals how the BJP has politicised the central forces to serve its political pursuits. Now we have seen how CAPF had been used to seize cubicles and kill individuals at Sitalkuchi in Coochbehar in the course of the meeting ballot in West Bengal”.

Hitting again in opposition to Banerjee’s allegations, the BJP stated there’s nothing mistaken in asking questions that are primarily based on information.

In April, 4 individuals had been killed in firing by the CAPF at a polling station at Sitalkuchi in Coochbehar in the course of the fourth section of meeting ballot within the state.

“This (questions) is an excessive amount of and fully unacceptable. What’s the message they (Centre) try to ship out by way of this incident? That if you wish to work within the central forces, you need to be a sure man of BJP and consider no matter canards they’re spreading,” she stated.

“The UPSC is setting questions underneath BJP’s path. UPSC was once an neutral physique, however now its query papers are being ready in BJP’s occasion workplace. Even the query in a UPSC paper on farmers” protest was politically motivated,” she stated including that the saffron occasion is “destroying establishments just like the UPSC”.

The feisty TMC boss additionally slammed BJP for destroying the “secular material and Structure of the nation”. Referring to the current NHRC report on post-poll violence in West Bengal, which had stated the scenario within the state was a manifestation of the “regulation of ruler” as a substitute of “rule of regulation”, Banerjee stated the BJP has even politicised the rights physique. 

“They (BJP) are giving out baseless and biased experiences,” she added. Reacting to Banerjee”s allegations in opposition to the UPSC, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh stated all the nation needs to be made conscious of the post-poll carnage within the state. 

“There may be nothing mistaken in asking questions that are primarily based on information. If TMC can embody its political actions in Singur and Nandigram in textbooks, then why can”t questions be requested on political violence in West Bengal?” Ghosh requested.