Overview

• Yogi Adityanath condemned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her silence on ongoing communal unrest in Murshidabad, where violence has persisted for a week.
• He criticized Banerjee for allegedly referring to rioters as 'messengers of peace' and accused her government of fostering anarchy under the guise of secularism.
• Adityanath emphasized the need for strict physical law enforcement, asserting that rioters only respond to the 'language of lathi' (stick).
• He praised the recently passed Waqf Amendment Act, crediting it with curbing illegal land grabs and enabling the development of public infrastructure like hospitals and schools.
• The Uttar Pradesh CM also accused opposition parties, including the Congress, Samajwadi Party, and TMC, of tacitly supporting the violence through their silence.