Politics · India Bureau
Bengal CM denies communal angle in CPI(M) leader's home vandalism
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has rejected suggestions of communal motivations behind property damage at a senior CPI(M) leader's residence, after a Trinamool Congress worker was arrested in connection with the incident.
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Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Tuesday that a Trinamool Congress activist had been apprehended for vandalising the Kolkata home of CPI(M) leader and advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, dismissing any attempt to paint the incident as a religiously motivated attack.
The vandalism occurred at Bhattacharya's residence a day before the Chief Minister's statement. Adhikari's comments appeared aimed at countering opposition narratives that sought to attribute communal dimensions to the property damage.
The arrest of the TMC worker represents swift police action following the incident. State authorities have maintained that the case is being investigated as a matter of law and order rather than as a communal flashpoint.
The incident comes amid ongoing political tensions in West Bengal between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition CPI(M). The Chief Minister's intervention suggests efforts by the state administration to prevent the matter from escalating into a broader political controversy with communal undertones.
No further details regarding the vandalism or the charges against the arrested TMC worker were immediately disclosed.