{"id":9390,"date":"2026-04-05T22:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9390"},"modified":"2026-04-05T22:26:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:26:48","slug":"130046586-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9390","title":{"rendered":"Malda siege of judicial officers proof of jungle raj, says Modi in Bengal | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130047230,imgsize-969776,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/image-pti.jpg\" alt=\"Malda siege of judicial officers proof of jungle raj, says Modi in Bengal\" title=\"Image: PTI \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kolkata: PM Modi cited Sunday the confinement of seven judicial officers on SIR duty in Malda district as proof of a collapsing law-and-order situation in Bengal, sharpening his attack on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/trinamool-congress\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Trinamool Congress<\/a> at a BJP election rally in Cooch Behar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>&#8220;Citizens across the country were shocked at how judicial officers were held hostage in Malda. What kind of a govt is this where even judges and constitutional authorities aren&#8217;t safe? If they&#8217;re not safe, how can ordinary people feel safe?&#8221; Modi said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Calling the situation &#8220;a state of jungle raj&#8221;, Modi said the situation had &#8220;deteriorated to such an extent that Supreme Court had to intervene&#8221;. He said SIR of poll rolls is aimed to identify &#8220;illegal settlers&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\".\" msid=\"130046730\" width=\"\" title=\".\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-130046730\/.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Malda in north Bengal turned into a political flashpoint after the gherao of judicial magistrates at a block office in Kaliachak subdivision last week during protests linked to electoral roll revision.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>PM Modi turned to cross-border infiltration, saying SIR of electoral rolls aimed to identify \u201cillegal settlers\u201d and remove their names.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>\u201cBengal\u2019s demography has undergone a dangerous transformation in the 15 years of TMC govt. TMC has allowed infiltrators to enter Bengal and absorbed them into its syndicate network. That is why govt of India is identifying infiltrators and taking steps to remove them,\u201d he said. He accused TMC govt of opposing SIR and \u201cthreatening to scrap\u201d CAA to \u201cprotect infiltrators\u201d, alleging that \u201crights of Hindu citizens who are legally settled here\u201d were being undermined.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Modi questioned TMC\u2019s choice of naming its manifesto Ishtehar. \u201cInstead of using a Bengali word, they have used the term \u2018ishtehar\u2019, which raises questions about how they are representing Bengal\u2019s identity,\u201d he said. He issued a warning directed at TMC functionaries: \u201cYou must trust the law on the day of voting\u2026 Ebar Bangla theke bhoy palabe (this time fear will disappear from Bengal). After this election, there will be full accountability for their actions\u2026 chun chun ke hisaab kiya jayega.<!-- -->\u201dIn Malda, district authorities initiated action against an additional district magistrate over alleged dereliction of duty during the Kaliachak gherao, while NIA continued its probe.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/malda-siege-of-judicial-officers-proof-of-jungle-raj-says-modi-in-bengal\/articleshow\/130046586.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata: PM Modi cited Sunday the confinement of seven judicial officers on SIR duty in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[724,23577,723,23576,719,720,721,23574,23575,23572,23578,23573,23580,23579,722,423],"class_list":["post-9390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking-news","tag-electoral-roll-revision-bengal","tag-google-news","tag-illegal-settlers-in-bengal","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-judicial-officers-held-hostage","tag-jungle-raj-in-bengal","tag-malda-siege-of-judicial-officers","tag-nia-probe-kaliachak-gherao","tag-pm-modi-bengal-rally","tag-supreme-court-intervention-bengal","tag-tmc-government-accountability","tag-today-news","tag-trinamool-congress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}