Activist And Former Journalist Saket Gokhale Joins Mamata Banerjee's TMC

Activist and former journalist Saket Gokhale has joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the presence of Derek O’Brien, Yashwant Sinha and other TMC leaders.

Gokhale has joined TMC at a time when there are rising concerns of post-poll violence in the state.

Earlier a seven-member team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) set up by the Calcutta High Court to probe post-poll violence in Bengal had come out with a scathing indictment of the Mamata Banerjee government in the state.

The NHRC team, in its 50-page report, had stated that at least 1,934 police complaints (of political violemce) were lodged in the state between May 2 and June 20, including 29 complaints of murder, 12 of rape and sexual assault and 940 of loot and arson. Out of the 9,304 people named as accused, less than 3% are currently in jail.