Brief by Shorts91NewsDesk / 11:17am on 17 Apr 2025,Thursday India
Violent clashes erupted in Murshidabad, West Bengal, over opposition to the Waqf (Amendment) Act, leaving three dead and hundreds arrested. The protests escalated into communal violence, with arson and attacks on infrastructure, prompting the Calcutta High Court to deploy central forces. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee opposed implementing the Act, calling it discriminatory, while BJP leaders accused her of appeasement politics. Analysts warn that using religious issues for political mileage could spiral out of control. The violence highlights how fragile communal harmony becomes when politics, religion, and law are recklessly entangled in a volatile electoral climate. (PC: ANI)
