As West Bengal’s Murshidabad district continues to stay tense amid violence over the Waqf (Modification) Act, native TMC MP Yusuf Pathan on Sunday confronted the BJP’s ire for posting pictures of him sipping “good chai (tea)” in “calm environment”.
Taking to X, BJP’s nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla launched a scathing assault on the TMC and its Baharampur MP, and mentioned that Pathan is sipping tea and soaking within the second whereas Hindus are getting “slaughtered”. “Bengal is burning. HC has mentioned it will probably’t hold eyes closed and deployed centra forces. Mamata Banerjee is encouraging such state protected violence as Police stays silent! In the meantime Yusuf Pathan – MP sips tea and soaks within the second as Hindus get slaughtered… That is TMC.”
Pathan, a former cricketer, had taken to his Instagram deal with on Saturday to put up three pictures with a caption that learn, “Straightforward afternoons, good chai, and calm environment. Simply soaking within the second.”
The put up drawing flak from social media customers, who criticised him for his “insensitivity”.
Protests towards the Waqf (Modification) Act has spiralled into violence in Murshidabad district, killing three individuals thus far. In keeping with a authorities assertion, over 150 folks have been arrested.
Interesting for calm, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday requested folks to not do “non-religious exercise within the title of faith” and mentioned the Waqf regulation wouldn’t be carried out within the state. The Calcutta Excessive Courtroom, performing on a petition filed by Chief of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, ordered the deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) within the affected areas. Calling the scenario “grave and unstable”, the court docket mentioned it “can not flip a blind eye”.
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