The top court was hearing a petition filed by UP lawyer Ranjana Agnihotri and social activist Jitendra Singh, seeking a direction to the Center to impose President’s rule in Bengal.
The top court was hearing a petition filed by UP lawyer Ranjana Agnihotri and social activist Jitendra Singh, seeking a direction to the Center to impose President’s rule in Bengal.
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A bench of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Krishna Murari asked the parties to submit their submissions in writing so that the petitioners can respond.
The top court was hearing a PIL filed by UP lawyer Ranjana Agnihotri and social activist Jitendra Singh, seeking a direction to the Center to impose President’s rule in West Bengal in view of the deteriorating law and order situation. Voting Violence.
Senior advocate Anand Grover, appearing for the West Bengal government, questioned the whereabouts of the petitioner and asked how a person from Uttar Pradesh was connected with the matter.
Mr Grover submitted that the Calcutta High Court had already seized similar petitions filed by residents of West Bengal.
“All issues have been taken care of in similar PILs by the High Court. I have serious objection to the whereabouts of the petitioner. People in Bengal have agitated on these issues and the High Court has passed several orders,” Mr Grover said.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Centre, submitted that only part of the petitioner’s complaint has been taken care of by the High Court.
The top court asked her to place all her objections in an affidavit and said it would hear the matter in the last week of September.
bring normalcy in the state
The petition also sought a direction to the Center to deploy armed/paramilitary forces in aid of the administrative authorities to bring normalcy in the state and avoid internal unrest.
The petition said that the PIL was filed in extraordinary circumstances as thousands of residents of West Bengal were terrorized, punished and tortured by TMC workers for supporting the opposition party- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the assembly elections. was going.
“The petitioners are advocating for thousands of citizens of West Bengal who are mostly Hindus and are being targeted by Muslims to avenge their support to BJP as they want to crush Hindus so that in the coming years, the ruling party is being targeted. Stay close. His choice,” the petition said.
The petition sought a direction to the Central Government to exercise its power conferred by Article 355 and Article 356 in view of the deteriorating situation threatening the sovereignty and integrity of India.
It had said that soon after the results of the assembly elections were declared on May 2 last year, TMC workers and supporters started creating chaos and unrest and set fire to houses and properties of Hindus, looted and ordinary Because of this, their belongings were robbed. That he had supported the BJP in the assembly elections.
At least 15 BJP workers/supporters/supporters have lost their lives and many of them have been seriously injured in an attempt to create terror and disorder in the society, the petition said.
“I have serious objection to the whereabouts of the petitioner.”Anand Groversenior counsel