Bengal political violence returns

Security forces must be restrained while the parties need to written in their cadre.

In the fourth phase of the polling in West Bengal a quick reaction team of Central industrial security force which was allegedly attacked by a mob opened fire killing 4 at a polling booth in North Bengal sitalkuchi constituency.

In a separate incident and identified asali and shot and killed at a first time voter in 18 year old young citizen in the same constituency. The election commission has ordered a repoll .

Decided to deploy additional security personnel for the remaining phases and extended the period of silence when campaigning has to stop from the usual 48 hours to 72 hours before the next phase of polling. Bhartiya Janata party has blamed the incident on trinamool Congress worker and mamata Banerjee has been blamed it to centre.

There are two key issues the first with the role of the security force. In a state with a history of the political violence where election commission has deliberately Polo were the eight pages due to the security consideration must be vigilant and effective in ensuring that is citizen gets to exercise the right to vote without fear and they are free and fair poll.

but this responsibility must be coupled with a restrained the firing and the firing to kill must be the last resort.

Where understand proceed your followed or did the security personnel use excessive force?

India has made tremendous strider in having peaceful and free election and an independent enquiry into the incident is important to build on the record.

At the same time it is also responsibility of political parties to act with a restrain.

In Bengal the coercive machinery of the left has been replicated by TMC in maintaining a firm grip over the local politics when this is coupled with Rio tik which almost encourages taking on security forces the responsibility of violence increases.

This is even more true when both sides are locked in a top battle with intense competition for each seat.

Each boot is hotel the onus is on the political leader on all sides to claim the worker and let independent distributions do their work.

Alastor political views over the killing which is also taking the communal returns in the four killed Muslim in the first time water was a Hindu indicated that the pulling in the remaining phase may not be smooth. Election commission must be alert.