In a blistering attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government on Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dilip Ghosh likened the recent communal unrest in Murshidabad to the “Bangladesh model” of targeted violence, accusing the state administration of turning a blind eye to atrocities against Hindus.
Ghosh’s sharp remarks come as tensions continue to simmer in various parts of West Bengal following protests over the amended Waqf Act.
“What’s unfolding in Bangladesh is now being mirrored in Bengal— a deliberate attempt to evict Hindus from their homes, intimidate them and systematically reshape West Bengal into an extension of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh trailer is playing out in Bengal,” Ghosh alleged.
The senior BJP leader claimed that the violence appeared to follow a deliberate pattern—targeting Hindu settlements to intimidate communities and influence future elections.
“This is nothing but an attempt to evacuate Hindus so they cannot vote. Exactly what we saw in parts of Bangladesh—terrorising Hindu neighbourhoods, destroying homes and creating fear,” he said.
He further alleged that Mamata Banerjee’s administration is not only complicit but encouraging the violence, suggesting that the police force either remained silent spectators or fled the scene when violence erupted.
Ghosh asserted that the BSF was only called in after repeated SOS calls from Hindu residents.
“The police stood by and watched. They didn’t act. This is a planned strategy. If the BSF hadn’t arrived, the situation could have been worse,” he claimed.
Taking a jibe at Mamata’s post-Eid meeting with Imams and Muazzins at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Wednesday, Ghosh said the event was tone-deaf and distasteful given the ongoing displacement and trauma in Malda and Murshidabad.
“She called them to congratulate and pat their backs. People have fled from one place in the state and taken shelter in another. Has she gone to meet them?” he questioned.
Ghosh alleged that while displaced victims in Pallalpur in Malda were struggling for safety and shelter, Mamata was busy hosting symbolic gestures that “encouraged continuation of the protests.”
The BJP leader also invoked Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, hinting that West Bengal needs a “strong and decisive leadership” to restore law and order.
“The people of UP chose Yogi Adityanath because they needed a strong administrator. Bengal is now realising the same. If people want the state to run by the Constitution and not like Bangladesh, they must decide,” Ghosh said, calling the present unrest a wake-up call.
While the Trinamool Congress has not responded to Ghosh’s accusations so far, his remarks have added further political fuel to the already volatile situation in Bengal, drawing national attention to the allegations of communal targeting and governance failures in the state.
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