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The Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday said the Trinamool Congress only extends full support to terrorism and is turning the state here into a "valley of extremists".
Adhikari's response came in response to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's reported statement on the Pulwama attack. "TMC party extends full support to terrorism and extremists...People of Mamata Banerjee's party are turning Bengal into a valley of extremists and are protecting them," Adhikari said. The West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution conveying appreciation for the Indian armed forces for their recent action targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The resolution moved in the state Legislative Assembly on Tuesday also condemned the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's (J-K) Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 people, most of them tourists. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed deep grief over the incident and paid tribute to those who lost their lives."We do not support terrorism in any way. In Pahalgam, tourists lost their lives. We condemn this incident. Three victims were from Bengal. During the incident, one Muslim man (Adil Hussain Shah) opposed them and sacrificed his life. We salute and pay tribute to him also," Banerjee said. She further said that West Bengal is the only state to have moved such a resolution. Earlier, BJP MLA and West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is providing protection to Jamaat Hefazat, extremists and the anti-India forces. (ANI)
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