The team has not visited areas where political violence took place, including Khanakul-Arambagh belt in Hooghly district. So far it has met the government and police officers of the concerned areas at the Writers’ Buildings.

“The performance and conduct of the Central team so far is not satisfactory,” said a senior Trinamool leader. “They are here to investigate the ongoing political violence and the breakdown of law and order in the state. Instead everyday, they are just holding meetings with the home secretary, chief secretary, DGP, DMs and SPs. The very same people are helping CPM to unleash the violence.”

On the last day of its visit on Wednesday, a delegation from the party led by Mukul Roy, Union Minister of State for Shipping, met the team.

“We have given them details of the violence unleashed by miscreants backed by the CPM,” said Roy. A list of over 150 people — including Trinamool supporters — killed since the Lok Sabha polls, has also been submitted.

“We told them that the victims have a lot to say,” Roy said. “The CPM-backed state government is behind the violence and there is no one to hear their pleas. We appealed to them to visit the violence-hit areas and talk to the families.”

The Central team has given assurance that justice will be done, Roy said.

“We are not asking for imposition of Article 356, we want the violence to end. It is evident that the state government has failed to maintain law and order,” added Roy.

The party had refused to meet the three-member team at the Writers’. The meeting was held at the BSF guesthouse, where the team was staying, around 8 am.

Asked about this, Mukul Roy said: “We are happy that ultimately they are here and they heard us. But we are reporting everything to Mamata Banerjee who is in Delhi.”

Sources in the party said some leaders have already urged Banerjee to take up the issue with Home minister P Chidambaram to ensure that the team visits areas affected by political violence.

Trinamool worker killed by ‘CPM goons’ in Bishnupur
At a time when a Central team is in Kolkata to discuss the law and order situation and the increasing number of deaths resulting from political clashes, an active member of the Trinamool Congress was shot dead allegedly by CPM-backed goons late on Tuesday in South 24-Parganas district’s Bishnupur.

Monsab Mollah (48), a senior member of Raspuncha Panchayat, was shot dead by seven to eight armed cadres at a market in the Bishunupur police station area.

Bishnupur MLA Madan Mitro said: “Monsab was a very popular leader. I have been told the armed CPM cadres have been threatening him for a long time. But, being a fearless person, he never stopped his activities. I visited the area last night. We have filed a complaint with the Bishnupur police station.”

The youth wing of the party is observing Wednesday as “black day” by taking out a rally. “We will hold a meeting in the area today. If the police have become the puppet of the ruling party, then we have to counter the CPM’s killing spree. We cannot allow their goons to kill our activists and supporters everyday,” added Mitro.

L N Meena, SP of South 24-Parganas, said: “We have received the complaint and are looking into the matter. No arrest has been made so far.”