Former BJP leader and current Vice-Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Arun Halder on Thursday trained his guns on the State Election Commission (SEC) in West Bengal and the Trinamool Congress-led government over the sustained violence against Scheduled Caste persons even as the State prepares for Panchayati Raj elections.
Mr. Halder, at a press conference in New Delhi, said that an atmosphere had been created over the last two months — specifically to create terror among Scheduled Caste persons to purportedly keep them from participating in democratic processes.
He added that the commission was proceeding to issue a notice to the State Election Commissioner, seeking an explanation. “If the State Election Commissioner cannot stop this violence and safeguard SC people of the State, then they must stop this election process.”
