Kolkata, January 07: West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan tonight said the killing of seven persons in Lalgarh was “a day of sorrow and shame” for the state and asked the West Bengal government to act before “reaching a point of no- return”.
In a strongly-worded statement assailing the political violence in the state, he said “today’s carnage in Lalgarh has by now claimed seven lives with more than a dozen seriously wounded. Not even mothers and daughters have been spared. For our state, it is a day or sorrow and shame”.
“This has gone on for far too long. It is incumbnet upon the authorities to act decisively to preempt or quell attempts at violence, irrespective of the affiliations of the groups involved. A decisive stage has been reached for the government to act, before it becomes a point of no-return,” Narayanan said.
–Agencies