Mamata on non-veg food vendors’ attack, says Bengal is not UP

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the assault on two food vendors at a recent Gita recital in Kolkata, asserting that such acts of intimidation would not be tolerated in the state.

Addressing a public meeting in Krishnanagar in Nadia



district, the chief minister said, “All of them (accused) have been arrested. This is West Bengal, not Uttar Pradesh. They beat up patty sellers… we arrested everyone last night.”

She accused the BJP of trying to import a culture of communal division into the state.