New Delhi: West Bengal ruling party Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were involved in war of words amid the intense situation in the Murshidabad district. As of Sunday, three people have been killed in the violence over the Waqf (Amendment) Act passed on April 4 in the Parliament.
Widespread violence erupted on Friday (April 11) in the districts of Murshidabad, Malda, South 24 Parganas, and Hooghly against the new legislation. So far, 118 people have been arrested in the matter, and more can be added as police officials continue their raids.
Although West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made appeal for a calm atmosphere, she asserted that the act won’t be implemented in the state. She asked the agitators to question the central government for the enactment of the law (Waqf Amendment Act).
Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of opposition in West Bengal assembly, called the unrest as a ‘premediated act of violence’ and asked the state government to take the help of the centre for handling the law and order situation in the state.
Union Minister of State Sukanta and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar targeted TMC MPs Yusuf Pathan (MP from Baharampur) and Derek O’Brien (Rajya Sabha MP from West Bengal) for posting their own pictures on social media amid the tensed situation in the state.
“Bengal is bleeding. But guess what our dynamic ‘Big Talking’ MP @derekobrienmp Sir is doing? Holding a photoshoot with his Sunday lunch. Because, priorities, right? … Don’t worry, honorable sir — very soon, these ‘refugee’ Hindus will make every day a holiday for you. Permanent one. Courtesy of your silence. Till then, please… eat well, sleep tight. History’s watching,” Majumdar wrote.
TMC spokesperson Jayprakash Majumder said that the BJP instigated a communal situation in the East Indian state and slammed the law, which he believes was brought to divide the society.
The Congress and CPI (M) accused both BJP and TMC for polarising the situation in the state just a year before the assembly elections.
