JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Sunday said that the entire country is in shock after violence erupted in West Bengal's Murshidabad following the amended Waqf law.
BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the recent violence in Murshidabad.
BJP Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, on Sunday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, requesting that select border districts of West Bengal be declared 'disturbed areas' under AFSPA due to alleged repeated communal attacks on Hindus.
Amid ongoing violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad in the wake of the amended Waqf law, locals demand President's rule and said their homes and shops were vandalised, leaving them feeling unsafe and unprotected.
"More than 400 Hindus from Dhulian, Murshidabad driven by fear of religiously driven bigots were forced to flee across the river & take shelter at Par Lalpur High School, Deonapur-Sovapur GP, Baisnabnagar, Malda," Adhikari wrote in a post on X.
West Bengal BJP president and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday criticized TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's statement, and said that by feeding the tablets of secularism, the entire Hindu society has been marginalized.
BJP leader and West Bengal Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday said he is very grateful to the Calcutta High Court and welcomed its decision to deploy central forces in violence-hit Murshidabad.
Amid the ongoing violence in Murshidabad over the amended Waqf law, West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has handed over the state to "Jihadis" for vote bank politics.
Amid ongoing violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad in the wake of the amended Waqf law, BSF has deployed five companies to support state police operations, IG South Bengal Frontier Karni Singh Shekhawat said on Saturday.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose expressed concern over the riots in West Bengal's Murshidabad, and said that he was glad that the Calcutta High Court stepped in and gave appropriate decision.
Following the mob violence in Murshidabad district against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy stated that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called a meeting to pacify the Muslim community.
Through the video conference with the Chief Secretary and the DGP of West Bengal, the Home Secretary advised the state administration to keep a close watch on other sensitive districts also and to put in place adequate steps to ensure normalcy at the earliest.