"CM inciting Muslims against Hindus": BJP leaders criticise Mamata Banerjee

The BJP MP's comments come as West Bengal's Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, claimed that some people tore a saffron flag during a protest against the implementation of the Waqf Act.

Khagen Murmu, while speaking to ANI during a public rally in Malda, said, "Mamata Banerjee is trying to turn West Bengal into Bangladesh by inciting Muslims against Hindus and bringing them on the streets... The grand Ram Navami processions were absolutely apolitical, indicating that the Hindus are awakening."

Earlier, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh claimed that flags from the Ram Navami rally were being "removed from cars."

"Here you will find Hamas, Palestine, Pakistan, Syria, and even ISIS flags being waved, but Ram Navami flags are removed from cars. Has Kolkata become Dhaka, Syria, or Afghanistan? This is what Mamata Banerjee wants. This time, the grand Ram Navami processions taken out in the state have triggered these actions," the BJP leader told ANI.

Earlier today, West Bengal LoP and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said that during the protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, the "faith of Hindus was attacked."

"They attacked the faith of Hindus - the way they tore the saffron flag (during protest) in front of police is a matter of shame, and that too at the birthplace of Swami Vivekananda. Hindu organisations filed an FIR just yesterday," Adhikari told ANI.

The West Bengal BJP plans to protest the TMC-led government in DC Central today and throughout the state tomorrow (April 12) on Hanuman Jayanti.

During Ram Navami, which concluded on April 6, both the BJP and TMC took out rallies and processions to celebrate the festival. The BJP had earlier accused the government of denying permission to carry out the rallies. However, after the Calcutta High Court allowed the processions with conditions, multiple rallies were taken out across the state. (ANI)