Published on 12:00 AM, June 11, 2019

Centre, BJP trying to incite violence in Bengal: Mamata

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged yesterday that the Centre and the cadres of the ruling BJP were trying to incite violence in the state and conspiring to bring down her government. She also said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to throttle her voice as she was the only one in the country to protest against them. "They (BJP) are spending crores and crores of money to spread fake news through different social networking websites. The central government and (BJP) party cadres are trying to incite violence in West Bengal," Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat. She said the Centre also had an equal responsibility as the state governments in case any violence or riot took place in any state.