Kolkata: The Sainbari killings of 1970
returned today to haunt the ruling CPI(M) as opposition
Trinamool Congress and Congress demonstrated in the West
Bengal assembly after their adjournment motion on the incident
was rejected.
Congress and Trinamool members were on their feet as
soon as Speaker Hasim Abdul Halim rejected the adjournment
motion on the murder case jointly moved by Trinamool Congress
and Congress members including Leader of the Opposition Partha
Chatterjee and CLP leader Manas Bhuinya.
Halim said he was rejecting the motion as it pertained
to an incident that happened 40 years ago.
The Sainbari murders occurred on March 17, 1970 in
Burdwan district when a young man belonging to a well-to-do
family was hacked to death, allegedly by CPI(M) supporters,
and his blood smeared on the face of his mother because they
had refused to switchover to the Marxist party from the
Congress. Some other members of the family were also killed.
The Trinamool Congress and Congress members claimed
that the Speaker had rejected the motion to shield Industry
Minister Nirupam Sen, who was an accused in the case, and was
present in the House.
They rushed to the well and unfurled banners,
demanding the arrest of Sen, along with former CPI(M) MP Anil
Basu and party central committee member Benoy Konar who were
also accused in the case.
-PTI
First Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 23:51