Electrocution of minor girls on waterlogged Bengal road triggers political slugfest
The death of two minor girls, who were electrocuted on Wednesday after touching the pole of a street light on a waterlogged road at South Dum Dum near Kolkata, has triggered a slugfest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
TMC’s Dum Dum Lok Sabha member Saugata Roy and education minister Bratya Basu, the local legislator, had to visit the affected families on Thursday following an agitation by residents of the area. The BJP promptly took up the issue.
The government and the South Dum Dum Municipality jointly announced a compensation of ₹2 lakh each for the families but they refused to accept it.
