West Bengal flash flood: nine-member BJP delegation visits Jalpaiguri’s Malbazar

West Bengal BJP’s nine-member crew, comprising MLAs along with West Bengal meeting leader whip Manoj Tigga, went to Malbazar on the web website online of the coincidence close to Mal river, in which 8 humans have been washed away because of flash flood at some point of Durga idol immersion on Vijaya Dasami night time. The crew, which visited Malbazar, referred to as it “an artificial massacre”.

Dipak Burman, State General Secretary and MLA, said, “It is an artificial massacre. Had the route of the river now no longer modified with boulders via way of means of the admin. Santu Saha, deceased Urmi Saha’s uncle, said, “Had the management now no longer modified the route of the river, this mishap may be avoided.” Urmi became a Class-VII scholar who died at some point of the flash flood together with her aunt.

Manoj Tigga, MLA and BJP leader whip withinside the nation meeting, pointed hands at the dearth of preparedness and claimed that there have been no existence jackets, boats or different system to assist the victims, which caused loss of life of such a lot of human beings at the day of immersion. The BJP crew additionally visited the police station and gave a deputation, An FIR has been filed via way of means of a member of the family of the victim, towards nation management for negligence. Reacting sharply to the BJP’s visit, Kunal Ghosh said, “If there’s any administrative shortcoming, it is going to be seemed into via way of means of the Nabanna nation secretariat. BJP is gambling politics at the issue.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had introduced ex-gratia of round Rs 2 lakh every to the relatives of the deceased on Thursday at the same time as at the least 8 human beings died, thirteen have been dealt with with inside the authorities health facility because of flash floods in Mal river at some point of Durga idol immersion on Wednesday night time in Jalpaiguri district’s Malbazar. Several thousand human beings had assembled close to the river at the event of immersion and a fair.