BJP MLA’s video stirs Basirhat pot

Even as West Bengal’s Basirhat, which has witnessed communal violence in the past few days, limped back to normalcy, BJP’s Hyderabad MLA H Raja Singh sparked a controversy through a video message posted on Twitter.

He can be heard saying, “Today, Hindus are not safe in West Bengal. Hindus in Bengal should respond to people involved in communal violence as Hindus in Gujarat did. Otherwise, soon Bengal will turn into Bangladesh.”

He also asked “Bengal Tigers” to wake up and unite in order to protect themselves. Singh blamed the West Bengal government for failing to control the tense situation in the state and alleged that it is supporting those who are spreading communalism. “If you failed to attain security in the state then you will also face the consequences like Hindus in Kashmir faced, will also be banished like Kashmiri Hindus,” he is heard saying.

Meanwhile, the Mamata Banerjee government ordered a judicial probe into the communal flare-up after a youth posted objectionable content on Facebook. No fresh incidents of violence were reported on Sunday and state-run bus services resumed.

BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav also hit out at Banerjee, saying the current unrest in her state was a “home-grown project” of the ruling …read more