At Imam Meet, Mamata Questions BSF, Skirts Murshidabad Riot Accountability Until Final Minute
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday addressed over 10,000 Imams and members of the Muslim group on the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata. The occasion was an Imam Convention, the place Mamata spoke for 46 minutes—focusing largely on opposition to the Waqf Modification Act.
In immediately’s episode of DNA, Rahul Sinha analyses Mamata Banerjee’s Hindu-Muslim speech amid the exodus of Hindus in Murshidabad.
In her speech, Banerjee talked about the Structure 25 occasions, used the phrase ‘Hindu’ 20 occasions, ‘Muslim’ 17 occasions, and ‘Waqf’ 16 occasions. She mentioned ‘peace’ 13 occasions and ‘riot’ 12 occasions. Nevertheless, Chandan Das and Hargobind Das, each killed within the latest Murshidabad violence, weren’t talked about till the ultimate minute of her speech.
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The CM didn’t converse concerning the Bengal police, which have been accused of inaction through the riots. Nevertheless, she took intention on the BSF, which was deployed in Murshidabad to revive order. Mamata Banerjee talked about the BSF seven occasions, questioning their function, although locals say the BSF introduced again peace after 72 hours of violence.
Banerjee spoke about Bangladesh 5 occasions, however solely briefly referred to the violence in Murshidabad. She mentioned nothing about victims like Sumitra Ghosh, who misplaced ₹5 lakh in financial savings to arson, or Rita, whose ₹2 lakh—saved for her husband’s therapy—was looted. Nor did she point out Shubhankar, whose residence and examine notes have been burned down. He was making ready for the SSC examination.
As an alternative, she known as for protests towards the Waqf regulation, saying, ‘Dilli Chalo.’ She invoked leaders like Tagore, Ambedkar, Gandhi, Bose, Azad, and Iqbal. But, she didn’t condemn those that turned protests violent.
Solely within the forty fifth minute of her speech did she announce ₹10 lakh compensation for the households of these killed within the Murshidabad riots. However households of the victims informed Zee Information, “We don’t need cash. We wish safety.” They mentioned the one sense of security comes from the BSF camp—but Mamata Banerjee is concentrating on the BSF as a substitute of the rioters.
In the meantime, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had given his tackle riots in simply 46 seconds. Mamata used a part of her 46-minute speech to reply. After that, Yogi started trending on social media in Bengal.
A comparability of the 2 states additionally raises questions. Mamata has led Bengal for 14 years. Yogi has been UP CM for eight years. However NCRB information reveals Bengal’s crime charge towards ladies in 2022 was 71.8 per lakh ladies, whereas in UP it was 58.6.
Kidnapping circumstances in Bengal have been over 8 per lakh, in comparison with 7 in UP. Bengal additionally noticed almost 3 times extra deadly assaults than UP. Try and homicide circumstances stood at 12.4% in Bengal, whereas in UP it was simply 1.6%. Bengal did higher in chargesheet submitting—with a 90% charge in comparison with 79% in UP.
On the financial entrance, Bengal’s per capita earnings rose from ₹91,000 in 2017–18 to ₹1.54 lakh in 2023–24. UP went from ₹58,000 to ₹93,000 in the identical interval. However UP’s inhabitants is over 24 crore, greater than double Bengal’s.
UP contributes 8.5% to India’s GDP, whereas Bengal provides 5.5%. Between October 2019 and December 2024, UP obtained ₹15,200 crore in FDI, in comparison with Bengal’s ₹13,945 crore. From April to December 2024 alone, UP attracted ₹2,585 crore. Bengal didn’t function within the high 10.
The Murshidabad violence, triggered by protests towards the Waqf regulation, led to BSF deployment on Calcutta Excessive Court docket orders. The difficulty additionally reached the Supreme Court docket on Wednesday.
A 3-judge bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud heard petitions difficult the Waqf Modification Act. Senior legal professionals Kapil Sibal, Rajeev Dhavan, and Abhishek Manu Singhvi opposed the regulation. Solicitor Normal Tushar Mehta appeared for the Centre.
The courtroom raised key questions on ‘Waqf by consumer’—a provision that permits non secular property claims with out sale deeds. The bench requested, “How will centuries-old non secular properties be registered with out paperwork?” It warned that rejecting Waqf claims may set off disputes.
Justice Khanna requested whether or not properties already acknowledged as Waqf may now be eliminated. Mehta clarified that registered Waqf properties would stay untouched. Singhvi claimed almost 4 lakh of 8 lakh Waqf properties could be misplaced underneath the brand new regulation. The Chief Justice famous, “We now have been informed that the Delhi Excessive Court docket itself stands on Waqf land.”
The Court docket condemned violence over the Waqf regulation, saying such acts mustn’t happen whereas the matter is sub judice. The bench additionally requested the Centre whether or not Muslims could possibly be allowed in Hindu non secular trusts.
The courtroom could cross an interim order on three key points on Thursday.
