Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma strongly criticized his Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee after she compared the protests in Kolkata to the crisis in Bangladesh. Sarma responded to Banerjee's statement that "if Bengal burns, then Assam and Delhi too shall burn," by accusing the Trinamool leader of attempting to incite unrest with her "politics of failure."
"Didi (Mamata Banerjee), how dare you threaten Assam? Don't show us your bloodshot eyes. Don't try to set India on fire with your politics of failure. It does not suit you to speak divisive language," Sarma tweeted.
Assam BJP leader Piyush Hazarika also criticized the Bengal Chief Minister, stating, "She can't bully, threaten us. I seriously condemn her. She can't control law and order in her state and is threatening us. It will not happen in Assam, I assure you."
Union Minister and Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar echoed these sentiments, suggesting that such remarks indicate an "anti-national" mindset rather than that of a constitutional leader.
'IF BENGAL BURNS, THEN ASSAM AND DELHI...'
At the Trinamool Congress student wing's foundation day event, Mamata Banerjee criticized the BJP for violence during the bandh (strike) and the 'Nabanna Abhijan' protest march to the state secretariat.
The Trinamool government has been heavily criticized and faced protests over its handling of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Hospital.
"Some people think this (agitation) is similar to the protests in Bangladesh. I love Bangladesh, they speak like us (Bengal). Our culture is also the same. However, Bangladesh is a different country," Banerjee remarked, referencing the student protests in Bangladesh over a controversial quota system that led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government.
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