Mamata requires unity, slams BJP’s ‘divisive politics’ at Eid prayers

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, 31 March, urged individuals to not fall into provocations that would gas communal riots and pressured that her authorities would stand with the residents, making certain that nobody may stir tensions within the state.

Addressing an Eid prayers programme on Purple Street in Kolkata, the Trinamool Congress supremo claimed, “Provocations are being made to gas riots, however please fall into these traps. The West Bengal authorities stands with the minorities. Nobody can provoke tensions within the state.”

Banerjee additionally hit out on the BJP, asking, “In the event that they (BJP) have issues with the minorities, will they alter the Structure of the nation?”

She reaffirmed her perception in respecting all religions and reiterated her opposition to the BJP’s “divisive politics”, which she described as “jumla politics” aimed toward dividing individuals.

TMC nationwide common secretary Abhishek Banerjee additionally spoke on the event, highlighting the unity within the occasion in resisting the BJP over the last Lok Sabha elections.

“Within the final (2024) Lok Sabha polls, we collectively resisted the march of the BJP,” he asserted.

“The BJP says ‘Hindus are at risk’, and their pals say ‘Muslims are at risk’. I’d ask them to take away their lens of communal politics. The reality is that your entire nation is at risk due to their politics. In the event that they attempt to create divisions in West Bengal, we’ll resist it,” he added.

Each leaders emphasised that the Trinamool Congress would proceed to battle in opposition to makes an attempt to sow division and promote communal politics within the state.