Lucknow: On Wednesday, Keshav Prasad Maurya, the deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, said that the “anti-Hindu rule” of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the rise of Muslim extremism were destroying West Bengal’s Hindu population.

On April 11, demonstrations against the Waqf (Amendment) Act caused disturbances in Murshidabad. In the area, the legislation has been a controversial topic. Three individuals were killed and several more were injured as a consequence of the violent demonstrations, which also caused extensive property damage.

“The Hindus of West Bengal, who were once referred to as the ‘Bhadralok’ of the nation, are being crushed between two sides,” said Keshav Prasad Maurya, the deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, on social media. Mamata Didi’s dictatorial, blatantly anti-Hindu government is on one side, while the threat of Muslim fanaticism and Bangladeshi infiltration is on the other.

“In the past, communists played the game of appeasement to gain support, welcoming infiltrators like sons-in-law. However, Didi has gone one step further and pushed that appeasement to the extreme. The ‘demographic shift’ in Bengal has reached alarming proportions due to this vote-bank politics, which has also ruined the social dynamics. “The state’s resources, security system, and social fabric have been destroyed by this ‘ultra-rapid population change’ under Didi’s leadership,” the post states.

He warned that the state’s social and cultural fabric is suffering severe and permanent harm as a result of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s radical appeasement tactics.

Bengal, which was once known as the “land of saints and ardent nationalists,” has been in the headlines for the last several decades due to sectarian strife and bloodshed rather than cultural peace. The essay goes on to say that “open political protection given to fundamentalists and illegal infiltration from across the border are two factors that are hollowing out West Bengal from within.”

According to him, vote-bank politics and illegal infiltration have caused a serious shift in Bengal’s population that is now compromising the state’s resources, safety, and social cohesion.