The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Saturday staged protests in different parts of the country against the recent communal violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad over the amendments made to the Waqf law, demanding immediate imposition of President’s Rule in the state.
The protests were held in Murshidabad, Delhi and Noida, among other places, with VHP members claiming a complete breakdown of law and order in the Mamata Banerjee-ruled state where clashes claimed at least three lives last week. In Delhi’s Nangloi Chowk, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) general secretary Bajrang Bagda led a protest condemning the violence in West Bengal. In Noida, the VHP took out a rally raising slogans against the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal led by its national spokesperson Vinod Bansal.
“Protests were held at multiple locations across the country, barring Punjab, because the Trinamool Congress is carrying out a cycle of oppression and repression of Hindus in connivance with Bangladeshi-Rohingya infiltrators,” Bansal said.
“The recent incident of violence in Murshidabad was only a ‘gruesome form’ of the ongoing oppression (of Hindus) in Bengal under Trinamool’s watch. In Bangladesh, what began as protests against reservation eventually went on to target Hindus. But we will not tolerate such Bangladeshi mindset in our country,” Bansal said. The VHP demands immediate imposition of President’s Rule in West Bengal, fencing of borders in the state, adequate compensation to the victims of violence in Murshidabad and ensuring the safety of Hindus in Bengal, the VHP leader said. “The VHP also demands that land grabbing in the name of Waqf be immediately stopped and a a high-level inquiry be ordered into the properties acquired in the name of Waqf,” Bansal said. “We also demand that authorities identify the Bangladeshi-Rohingya infiltrators in West Bengal and drive them out. Strictest action should be taken against the perpetrators of violence in Murshidabad,” he said.
