‘Did Mobs Come Out Of Air’: BJP’s Rejoinder To Mamata’s ‘Divide And Rule’ Cost In Riot-Hit Bengal – News18

Final Up to date:April 20, 2025, 14:03 IST

CM Mamata Banerjee referred to the violence in Murshidabad district amid anti-Waqf Act protests to accuse the BJP of utilizing the incident to play “divisive” politics.

The Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) on Sunday hit again at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her “divide and rule sport” cost in opposition to the saffron social gathering, saying that the TMC supremo has usually misled the general public.

It comes after Banerjee on Saturday referred to the violence in Murshidabad district amid anti-Waqf Act protests and accused the BJP of utilizing the incident to play “divisive” politics.

“West Bengal police had been already conscious of the rallies. Why, then, had been they not stopped upfront? Did mobs, weapons, and stones materialize out of skinny air?” mentioned BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya in an X submit.

The BJP chief additional mentioned the West Bengal Chief Minister has repeatedly misled the general public and demanded that, with accountability lengthy overdue, she should step down.

“Utilizing her official letterhead because the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee—who is predicted to serve all residents impartially—is as a substitute blaming the principal opposition social gathering and a non-political group (RSS) for her administration’s failures. This, regardless of her personal police power debunking her narrative that the anti-Hindu violence in Murshidabad was incited by exterior components,” Malviya added.

Protests in West Bengal in opposition to the Waqf (Modification) Act turned violent in areas comparable to Murshidabad and Bhangar in South 24 Parganas. Reviews point out that protesters clashed with safety forces and set hearth to police autos. A minimum of three individuals had been killed.

Mamata Banerjee’s Assault On BJP, RSS

Banerjee issued an open letter on Saturday, accusing BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of spreading a basket of untruths on the violence over the Waqf Act within the state.

She mentioned the BJP and its allies are utilizing the unlucky incident which has occurred attributable to “provocation”, and hit out at them for enjoying the sport of “divide and rule”.

“They’re keen to make use of an unlucky incident that has occurred because of provocation. They’re utilizing it to do the politics of division. They need to play the divide and rule sport. It’s a harmful sport,” she mentioned.

“The BJP and its allies have abruptly develop into very aggressive in West Bengal. RSS can also be amongst their companions. I didn’t point out RSS earlier, however this time I’m pressured to say that also they are on the root of the ugly lies being unfold within the state,” the chief minister added.

BJP Mounts Assault

West Bengal LoP and BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari additionally launched a scathing offensive in opposition to Banerjee, accusing the TMC supremo of misusing her official place by “spewing venom” via her Chief Minister’s letterhead.

“In a shameless spate of occasions, the hypocrisy of the Chief Minister of West Bengal is getting much more unraveled. She is misusing her official place and in garb of issuing a so-called ‘Peace Message’ (mis)utilizing her letter head. She is spewing venom, hatred whereas doing vote financial institution politics,” mentioned Adhikari in an X submit.

Adhikari additional accused Banerjee of inciting the general public in opposition to the BJP, RSS, and the Sangh Parivar by spreading a false narrative, blaming the Sangh Parivar for the “ethnic cleaning of Hindus,” which he described as an absurd and contradictory allegation.

It comes after a pointy rebuke from Governor CV Ananda Bose, who a day earlier criticised TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee over the unrest linked to anti-Waqf Act protests, alleging a “cancerous development of violence” within the state.