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The Great Bengal Paradox: Protesting a Law That Won't Apply

Bengal Witnesses State Wide Voilence

New Delhi: Even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared the Centre’s Waqf (Amendment) Act "will not be implemented" in the state, violent protests against the law have left three dead—including a father-son duo lynched by a mob in Murshidabad. The contradiction raises a critical question: If the state refuses to enforce the law, why is the bloody backlash happening across the state?

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