KOLKATA: Clashes in India between supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and those of an opposition party snowballed into Hindu-Muslim rioting, with three people killed and dozens injured over two days of violence, police said on Tuesday. Babul Supriyo, a BJP federal government minister from West Bengal, blamed Muslims for the violence. Police declined to comment on Supriyo's assertion while a Trinamool Congress leader denounced it as "highly regrettable". West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who heads the Trinamool Congress and is one of Modi's biggest critics, ordered strict police action against all trouble-makers. Modi's party has been trying hard to gain ground in West Bengal, one of the few states it has never ruled.

Source: New Strait Times March 27, 2018 12:56 UTC