Bengal BJP questions 'no action' against TMC district chief after tribal women made to crawl 1 km
India TodayThe police in Balurghat have arrested two Trinamool workers after the BJP alleged that tribal women were allegedly forced to perform 'dandavat parikrama' as a 'punishment' for joining the BJP. However, the Bengal BJP unit has questioned these arrests and asked why 'no action' has been taken against TMC district mahila chief Pradipta Chakraborty. In a letter addressed to the National Commission of Scheduled Tribes, Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar wrote, "There has been no action taken against the main accused, Pradipta Chakraborty.The incident in question has caused great concern among the Schedule Tribes community,and it is disheartening to see that the main accused is still at large." The BJP alleged that out of around 200 tribal women from Tapan in South Dinajpur district had joined the party and four of them, however, succumbed to the TMC’s threats to perform forceful ‘dandavat parikrama’. ALSO READ | TMC changes district mahila chief after BJP accuses party of making tribal women perform dandavat parikrama