Opinion: Bengal Is In Crisis, Murshidabad Is A Warning For Both Mamata And BJP

People affected by communal violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district take shelter in adjoining Malda on April 13.

Source : PTI

Just about a year ahead of assembly elections in West Bengal, the state’s Murshidabad district is engulfed in communal tensions — a chilling reminder of how fragile peace can be when politics trades in polarisation. Rumours have replaced facts, and fear has taken hold of ordinary people, while the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are locked in a toxic blame game. Law and order is a state subject, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee