Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 26 (ANI): TMC chief Kunal Ghosh has condemned the vandalism at St Mary’s English School in Assam’s Nilbari district and accused the ‘Bajrang Dal of concentrating on’ different religions.
The comment follows the latest incident wherein miscreants allegedly vandalised non secular symbols and festive gadgets at St Mary’s School within the Panigaon space of Nalbari district, together with a number of different areas within the city, forward of Christmas.
Ghosh informed reporters, ‘BJP’s associates, resembling Bajrang Dal and others, are concentrating on different religions, which isn’t what our tradition teaches. What the Constitution says, the BJP does precisely the other. What they’ve achieved is mistaken, and we condemn it.’
Meanwhile, the Assam Police has arrested the accused concerned within the vandalism.
Assam Police stated in a press release on Thursday, ‘The miscreants who vandalised St. Mary’s English School, Panigaon, beneath Belsor Police Station, District Nalbari (Assam), at about 2:30 PM yesterday have been arrested. They entered the premises unlawfully, inflicting injury to outer decorations, road lights, plant pots, and different articles, in addition to setting some articles on fireplace, leading to lack of property. A case has been registered at Belsor P.S. vide Case No. 116/2025.’
Earlier, on Thursday, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Gaurav Gogoi condemned the incident.
In an official press launch, Gogoi stated such incidents have been a results of the ‘politics of hatred’ being unfold throughout the state by the BJP authorities. He appealed to the individuals of Assam to not fall prey to what he described as ‘provocative acts by vested pursuits’.
‘This is a direct assault on the constitutional framework. It is yet one more manifestation of the ruling occasion’s steady makes an attempt to divide society,’ Gogoi stated.
The Congress President additionally slammed the BJP authorities over alleged ‘rampant corruption’ within the Jal Jeevan Mission. In a put up on social media, Gogoi alleged that your entire rip-off had taken place beneath the patronage of the involved division’s minister and the native MLA of Nalbari, Jayanta Malla Baruah.
He additional alleged that after the Congress occasion launched statewide protest programmes towards the minister over the alleged rip-off, makes an attempt have been being made to divert consideration through the use of miscreants in Nalbari to disturb peace and communal concord.
Through his official X deal with, Gogoi posted, ‘I strongly condemn the desecration of festive gadgets and spiritual symbols in a faculty in Nalbari. The sitting MLA is the Minister liable for the large corruption within the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme. He is one other shut aide of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. After the latest state-wide Congress-led protests towards the JJM rip-off, the BJP Minister wants the VHP and Bajrang Dal to regain his place inside his occasion. Fraternity is enshrined within the preamble of the Indian Constitution. Next 12 months, after Congress involves energy in Assam, we’ll enact a strict regulation that can strictly punish any particular person or group of individuals liable for desecrating the locations of worship or rituals of a non secular group, be it Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jain or Sikh.’ (ANI)