West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday demanded that elections be held under President's Rule in areas where Hindus are in the minority, citing concerns over voting rights after the Murshidabad violence.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said the Waqf Amendment Act is a central law and must be implemented by all states. Responding to Mamata Banerjee, he condemned violence in Murshidabad and urged West Bengal to restore law and order.
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.
West Bengal Congress president Subhankar Sarkar slammed the West Bengal government and the BJP over the protest that erupted in the state due to the Waqf Amendment Act.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that there will be "no divide and rule" in the State under her watch. She added that people from the Muslim community are "pained" by the Waqf Amendment Act, but she appealed to them not to be swayed by the political provocation.
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar, actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty, along with other party leaders, participated in a Ram Navami Shobha Yatra (procession) in Barasat on Sunday.
Kazi Masoom Akhtar, Padma Shri awardee and nominee Vice-Chancellor of Jadavpur University, condemned the incident and called for an investigation, saying that some people "think it's modernity to hate one's own country."
West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that state-run West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL) has ranked the best-performing power generation company in the country for 2024-25 by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) earlier in the day launched a blistering attack on Mamata Banerjee, holding her responsible for large-scale corruption in the state's school recruitment process.
"Didi jail jayengi, albat jayengi. Hindustan mai kanoon ka shasan hai. The day BJP forms a government in Bengal, the full force of the law will be brought upon Mamata Banerjee," he said.
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