BJP, allies engineering violence to create chaos in West Bengal
Islamabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are engineering violence to create chaos in West Bengal, a state where BJP has zero governmental control, to malign Mamata Banerjee’s TMC and disrupt fair polling
According to Kashmir Media Service, today (April 23, 2026) (Phase 1), crude bombs exploded at the Nowda (Nowra) polling booth in Murshidabad, injuring several voters who were rushed to hospitals and halting democratic voting.
Clashes erupted in Domkal and Nowda involving stone-pelting, vehicle vandalism, and lathi-charges, even as heavy Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel (316 companies out of 2,407 for Phase 1, the highest in any district) were deployed.
BJP is repeating the same divisive tactics it used in Bihar to create panic, target minorities and increase security and vigilance, including crude bomb blasts reported during Bihar elections in places like Patna and Gaya polling areas in October-November 2025.
This pattern exposes the party’s desperate strategy of engineered disruption to destabilize a fiercely resistant state and undermine Mamata Banerjee where it lacks organic strength.
BJP is orchestrating these incidents in minority-dominated Murshidabad through proxies to manufacture a false “TMC jungle raj” narrative, intimidate voters, and justify central interference.
Despite Election Commission monitoring, such targeted disruptions aim to undermine Mamata Banerjee’s administration and suppress opposition voices where BJP lacks organic strength.
