Prophet Row: "Why should people suffer for BJP's sin?", says CM Mamata Banerjee after Howarh violence

As Howrah reeled under violence for the second day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to Twitter and asked "Why should people suffer for BJP's sin?"

Blaming that "some political parties" were behind the violence and were "causing riots", Mamata added:  "As I have said before, violent incidents have been taking place in Howrah for two days now. There are some political parties behind this and they want to cause riots - but these will not be tolerated and strict action will be taken against all of them. Why should people suffer for BJP's



sin?" 

Earlier, Bengal Chief Minister had asked demonstrators to call off their stir in the state and go to New Delhi to protest after protestors put up road blockades in several places of West Bengal's Howrah district to protest against the controversial speech of BJP leaders Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal. Ever since Friday's protest, internet connectivity was been snapped in Howrah till June 13.

The speech of the BJP leaders has tarnished the image of India across the globe and they should be arrested, Banerjee told reporters.