Mamata accuses BJP of making efforts to introduce 'inhuman' religion, playing divisive politics

Launching an attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged efforts are being made to introduce an 'inhuman' religion in the country on the basis of divisive politics. Banerjee further accused the saffron party of trying to impose its choice of food, clothing and religion on the people and then deciding who would stay in the country and who would be thrown out.

Speaking at a program in Kolkata on the International Mother Language Day, Banerjee said, "They are trying to create an inhuman religion based on their belief and decide who are going to stay in the country and who will leave. They are deciding in which language people will speak, what the people will eat and wear. They are trying to change the history of the country."

"If some people are trying to implement one law as per their will, we will not let them do so. We don't support this theory of divisive politics...," the chief minister said.

Banerjee urged people not to pay heed to provocations meant to create differences among them and stay united. "United India is what we want. Let's think and speak about unity.... There must not be any divide and rule policy," she said.

Banerjee, who is also the Trinamool Congress chief, said she does not believe in the politics of dividing people on the basis of their religion, caste and creed.

The chief minister also criticised the threats that a Kashmiri medical practitioner in Kolkata received following the Pulwama terror attack.

"We cannot ask a Kashmiri shawl trader to leave because an incident has happened. How audacious they are to order one doctor who is practising here for more than 20 years to leave for one single incident," she said.