<p>Kolkata: West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, which has been rocked by protests over alleged atrocities on villagers by TMC leaders, continued to remain tense on Friday even as a BJP central team and a Congress delegation are scheduled to visit the area during the day.</p>.<p>The police have been patrolling the area and have put up barricades to stop the visit of political leaders to the area, apprehending that it might worsen the situation.</p>.<p>Six BJP MPs, including five women, are scheduled to visit Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district this afternoon and they alleged that the law and order there was 'non-existent'.</p>.<p>BJP president J P Nadda has constituted the six-member committee of party MPs to visit Sandeshkhali where women have been protesting against alleged atrocities by local TMC leaders.</p>.<p>Union ministers Pratima Bhoumik, Annapurna Devi, who is the committee's convener, Sunita Duggal, Kavita Patidar, Sangeeta Yadav and Brij Lal, a former Uttar Pradesh DGP, are members of the panel.</p>.<p>"We hope the police won't stop us from visiting the area. The state government is trying to hide the truth. What is going on in Sandeshkhali is a spine-chilling," Annapurna Devi said.</p>.Sandeshkhali violence: Supreme Court agrees to consider listing PIL for court-monitored probe.<p>She also alleged that democracy is 'threatened' and democratic rights are 'being snatched' in the area.</p>.<p>"The ruling TMC and its goons have unleashed a reign of terror in the area," Annapurna Devi said.</p>.<p>Leader of the Congress party in Lok Sabha and state unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is also scheduled to visit the area this afternoon.</p>.<p>A large number of women in the locality accused Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of 'land-grab and sexually assaulting' them under coercion.</p>.<p>Shajahan has been absconding after a mob, allegedly affiliated to him, attacked Enforcement Directorate officials who had gone to search his premises in connection with a ration scam on January 5.</p>.<p>The TMC declined to attach much importance to the visits and said that such political trips are 'aimed at vitiating the situation'.</p>.<p>"The BJP should send teams to Uttar Pradesh, where crimes against women are rampant. And for the Congress, it is a B-team of the BJP in Bengal," TMC leader Kunal Ghosh claimed.</p>
<p>Kolkata: West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, which has been rocked by protests over alleged atrocities on villagers by TMC leaders, continued to remain tense on Friday even as a BJP central team and a Congress delegation are scheduled to visit the area during the day.</p>.<p>The police have been patrolling the area and have put up barricades to stop the visit of political leaders to the area, apprehending that it might worsen the situation.</p>.<p>Six BJP MPs, including five women, are scheduled to visit Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district this afternoon and they alleged that the law and order there was 'non-existent'.</p>.<p>BJP president J P Nadda has constituted the six-member committee of party MPs to visit Sandeshkhali where women have been protesting against alleged atrocities by local TMC leaders.</p>.<p>Union ministers Pratima Bhoumik, Annapurna Devi, who is the committee's convener, Sunita Duggal, Kavita Patidar, Sangeeta Yadav and Brij Lal, a former Uttar Pradesh DGP, are members of the panel.</p>.<p>"We hope the police won't stop us from visiting the area. The state government is trying to hide the truth. What is going on in Sandeshkhali is a spine-chilling," Annapurna Devi said.</p>.Sandeshkhali violence: Supreme Court agrees to consider listing PIL for court-monitored probe.<p>She also alleged that democracy is 'threatened' and democratic rights are 'being snatched' in the area.</p>.<p>"The ruling TMC and its goons have unleashed a reign of terror in the area," Annapurna Devi said.</p>.<p>Leader of the Congress party in Lok Sabha and state unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is also scheduled to visit the area this afternoon.</p>.<p>A large number of women in the locality accused Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of 'land-grab and sexually assaulting' them under coercion.</p>.<p>Shajahan has been absconding after a mob, allegedly affiliated to him, attacked Enforcement Directorate officials who had gone to search his premises in connection with a ration scam on January 5.</p>.<p>The TMC declined to attach much importance to the visits and said that such political trips are 'aimed at vitiating the situation'.</p>.<p>"The BJP should send teams to Uttar Pradesh, where crimes against women are rampant. And for the Congress, it is a B-team of the BJP in Bengal," TMC leader Kunal Ghosh claimed.</p>