The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday (June 14) alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to communalise the situation in West Bengal ahead of the panchayat elections by pointing out that the list of OBCs (Other Backward Castes) in West Bengal has more Muslims than Hindus.
“With the Panchayat Election around the corner, BJP has picked up its communal bugle. Pitting one community against another, National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) Chairman and former @BJP4IndiaMP, @ahir_hansraj has accused the GoWB of depriving certain Backward Castes of their rights,” Trinamool Congress State general secretary and spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said on twitter.
A number of BJP leaders, including party president J. P. Nadda, have accused the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, among other states, of favouring Muslims in the OBC list.
