Overview

• An FIR under religious outrage and assault provisions was filed against BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar for allegedly throwing a slipper at a Sikh police officer near Mamata Banerjee’s residence on June 12, a charge the BJP says involved only a paper-cutout.
• Leaders of the Sikh community have demanded an immediate and unconditional apology from Majumdar and warned of mass protests if their grievances are ignored.
• In the West Bengal Assembly, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of branding bona fide Bengali-speaking citizens as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and decrying migrant workers’ pushbacks despite valid identity documents.
• Assam Police arrested five individuals in Goalpara for allegedly throwing beef near a temple in an act the state government described as a deliberate attempt to incite communal tension.
• BJP leaders held protests in Kolkata and Agartala against the reported vandalism of Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home in Bangladesh, framing the incident as an attack on shared cultural heritage.