West Bengal, which elects the third largest number of lawmakers to the lower house of parliament, was a key battleground in the general election that Prime Minister Narendra Modi resoundingly won last month, and saw sporadic violence during the 39-day-long poll. "There is a concerted effort to incite violence in Bengal by the BJP," she said. On Sunday, India's federal home ministry, which is led by Modi's close aide, Amit Shah, issued an advisory to the West Bengal government, expressing "deep concern" over the violence. "Trinamool is losing, they have lost the people's favour and they are trying to retain power through violence," BJP State President Dilip Ghosh told Reuters. Having consolidated its hold across much of northern and western India, the BJP is trying to make inroads in eastern states like West Bengal.

Source: bd News24 June 11, 2019 10:41 UTC