Both the BJP workers and supporters in Bengal feel let down. As hundreds of families from Murshidabad fled across the Bhagirathi River, non-Bhadralok Hindus had no one to turn to.
It’s as if a 90 per cent Muslim-majority country is telling itself it has no responsibility toward those who live differently, pray differently. And that’s the part that stays with me.
Yunus’s press secretary had rejected attempts to link Bangladesh to the communal violence. In a sharp rebuttal, the MEA called the remarks ‘unwarranted’.
The communal violence, ignited in the wake of a new Waqf law, has left a trail of destruction. Several families crossed the Ganga in boats and found shelter in a school.
RSS, Ramakrishna Mission & Bharat Sevashram Sangha are conducting relief efforts for the displaced at a relief camp on a school compound in the neighbouring Malda district of West Bengal.
Most shops, commercial establishments, schools & colleges remain shut in Jafrabad. Local residents remain anxious & fearful of fresh attacks once media & cops leave their area.
The district magistrate’s vehicle was attacked by a mob Monday after unrest over the weekend. Prohibitory orders extended in Murshidabad district as internet services remain suspended.
BJP MLA from Murshidabad Gouri Sankar Ghosh joins MPs Nishikant Dubey and Anant Maharaj in demanding bifurcation while the party has officially distanced itself from demand.
TMC’s Yusuf Pathan is pitted against 5-time Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Murshidabad’s Berhampore. TMC is banking on Muslim identity and cricket fame to shift fortunes.
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