Under Fire Over Murshidabad, Mamata Takes Potshots At Centre Over Pahalgam: ‘Take Care Of India’

Last Updated:May 05, 2025, 16:58 IST

Banerjee urged the Prime Minister to give justice to the people who have lost their loved ones in Pahalgam

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (PTI Image)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of dividing people and asked the Centre to take care of India and secure’s borders in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.

Banerjee, who arrived in Murshidabad for the first time since last month’s riots there, urged the government to give justice to the people who have lost their loved ones in Pahalgam.

She also accused the BJP of playing “dirty politics” over the Murshidabad violence in which three people were killed during protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act.

“Instead of doing communal violence, please take care of the border. Please take care of India. We love India, please save India from any disaster. Please give justice to the people who have lost their loved ones. Don’t play dirty politics; I am the last one to tolerate dirty politics. I have seen 10-12 Prime Ministers and worked with them. I want to tell the acting Prime Minister to take care of the border instead of taking care of communal riots. I am not talking about the Prime Minister. BJP can say who is the acting Prime Minister of the country…When you are in the chair, you cannot divide the people,” she said.

In a sharp criticism of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Trinamool Congress supremo questioned the panel’s priorities in view of the recent visit of its members to Murshidabad.

She also asked whether NHRC members visited BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh and ethnic violence-hit Manipur, which is now under the President’s rule.

“Did the NHRC visit Manipur and Uttar Pradesh? They were prompt in visiting Murshidabad. Just like online payment platforms came out with front-page advertisements in newspapers a day after the announcement of demonetisation in 2016, the NHRC was quick to visit Murshidabad just after the riots took place. That is why I am saying that it was pre-planned,” Banerjee alleged.

“I have unearthed most of the conspiracy, I will expose this before the media…Unfortunately, some media houses played into the hands of the BJP in spreading canards,” she claimed.

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Murshidabad, India, India

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