Tensions are running high in West Bengal as the Anti Waqf Amendment Act protests have gripped the state, in an eerie parallel to the Anti-CAA protests which ultimately turned violent in several parts of the country, and anti-Hindu Delhi riots 2020.
As per India Today report, one of the ongoing anti waqf protest turned violent in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Tuesday. Islamists in large numbers had gathered to agitate against the legislation when the protesters clashed with the Police. Within no time, the situation escalated.
As per the information received, the Police had intervened to stop the protesters from blocking a key road in the area. The violent mob torched and/or vandalised several vehicles including a Police vehicle as well as resorted to stone pelting.
The West Bengal Police is struggling to rein in the violent Islamist mob rampaging through the streets of Murshidabad—possibly under instructions from Home Minister Mamata Banerjee herself. Her inflammatory speeches have directly contributed to the current unrest.
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— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) April 8, 2025
Slamming the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in the state, BJP leader Amit Malviya wrote, “The West Bengal Police is struggling to rein in the violent Islamist mob rampaging through the streets of Murshidabad—possibly under instructions from Home Minister Mamata Banerjee herself. Her inflammatory speeches have directly contributed to the current unrest.”
Earlier, the imminent fear of the anti-Waqf Amendment Act turning violent materialised on Sunday night (6th April) when a mob torched the house of Asker Ali, the President of BJP’s Minority Morcha in Manipur. As per officials, the development followed his public support to the Waqf Amendment Act. Incidentally, this is the same legislation against which opposition parties and Muslim clerics have been instigating the Muslim community, even resorting to brazen fear-mongering and spreading falsehoods.