SILIGURI, 10 AUG/statesman news service: The Jalpaiguri district Trinamul Congress leadership has appealed to agitators to call off the 12-hour bandh in the town on 13 August in protest against inclusion of Bhaktinagar police station in Siliguri police commissionerate.
At a time when the agitators, including members of Jalpaiguri Bar Association (JBA) and a few political party leaders, are campaigning in the town in support of the bandh, district Trinamul Congress president Chandan Bhowmik alleged that some leaders belonging to the Congress and the CPI-M are instigating the lawyers of the district sessions court to malign the image of Miss Mamata Banerjee and her government.
“Some political leaders mainly belonging to the Congress and the CPI-M are not directly opposing the new development in Siliguri but to malign the image of the chief minister, who inaugurated the
commissionerate in Siliguri on 5 August, they are inciting the Bar Association members,” said Mr Bhowmik. “We believe the people of Jalpaiguri, particularly the residents of Bhaktinagar, would not support the bandh,” he said.
Mr Bhowmik said: “When the members of the association have filed a writ petition at Calcutta High Court they should have postponed their agitation programmes, as the matter in now sub judice. By calling an indefinite cease work, the lawyers will disrupt important work in the district sessions
court.” Mr Bhowmik refused to comment on any possibility to constitute a separate Siliguri district, including the Bhaktinagar police station.
Former MP, Mr Joachim Buxla, said: “In the interest of the people the debate should be resolved soon through dialogue between the state and the agitators.”
A senior member of the association, Mr Tapan Bhattacharya, said: “ We had to call a 12-hour bandh to protest the statement of the state law minister, Mr Malay Ghatak, during his visit in Jalpaiguri recently. He had asked us to 'forget' the Bhaktinagar police station.”
At a time when the agitators, including members of Jalpaiguri Bar Association (JBA) and a few political party leaders, are campaigning in the town in support of the bandh, district Trinamul Congress president Chandan Bhowmik alleged that some leaders belonging to the Congress and the CPI-M are instigating the lawyers of the district sessions court to malign the image of Miss Mamata Banerjee and her government.
“Some political leaders mainly belonging to the Congress and the CPI-M are not directly opposing the new development in Siliguri but to malign the image of the chief minister, who inaugurated the
commissionerate in Siliguri on 5 August, they are inciting the Bar Association members,” said Mr Bhowmik. “We believe the people of Jalpaiguri, particularly the residents of Bhaktinagar, would not support the bandh,” he said.
Mr Bhowmik said: “When the members of the association have filed a writ petition at Calcutta High Court they should have postponed their agitation programmes, as the matter in now sub judice. By calling an indefinite cease work, the lawyers will disrupt important work in the district sessions
court.” Mr Bhowmik refused to comment on any possibility to constitute a separate Siliguri district, including the Bhaktinagar police station.
Former MP, Mr Joachim Buxla, said: “In the interest of the people the debate should be resolved soon through dialogue between the state and the agitators.”
A senior member of the association, Mr Tapan Bhattacharya, said: “ We had to call a 12-hour bandh to protest the statement of the state law minister, Mr Malay Ghatak, during his visit in Jalpaiguri recently. He had asked us to 'forget' the Bhaktinagar police station.”
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