The Union Minister further claimed that people in the violence-affected areas of Murshidabad and Shamshergan have migrated to Malda and are living in refugee camps.
West Bengal BJP President and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday claimed that people in the violence-affected areas of Murshidabad and Shamshergan have migrated to Malda and are living in refugee camps.
Several families have been displaced, with many migrating to Jharkhand's Pakur district, while others have taken refuge in relief camps set up in Malda, following the unrest in Murshidabad triggered by protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act.
Keshav Mandal, a person staying at the relief camp, expressed dismay over the situation, saying, "We don't know when the situation will be normal and we will be able to go back."
The security forces have set up a relief camp in West Bengal's Malda for those who left Samserganj-Dhuliyan in Murshidabad after violence broke out there during a protest against the Waqf Amendment Act on April 11.
Union Minister and West Bengal state president for BJP Sukanta Majumdar wrote a letter to West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose and raised concerns over the atrocities happening to the Hindus during the Murshidabad violence.
A high-level delegation of Vishva Hindu Parishad in West Bengal led by state president Narayan Mandal met the Murshidabad Hindus living in a shelter at Palarpur High School and assured all possible help, VHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal said on Monday.
West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and called it shameful for her that Hindus of Murshidabad have to leave their homes and flee to Malda to save their lives in wake of violence in the district on Friday night
"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.
Ghosh claimed that people from Bangladesh are entering India and causing unrest, leading to repeated attacks on the Hindu community and asserted that there's a deliberate effort to make these districts "free of Hindu population".