Murshidabad violence: Sukanta cites HC report to debunk ‘outsider' theory

West Bengal BJP president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar launched a sharp attack on the Trinamul Congress-led state government on Wednesday, citing the Calcutta High Court-appointed committee's report on the recent Murshidabad violence to reject chief minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that "outsiders" had orchestrated the clashes.

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"The report makes it clear that the attackers were not outsiders but local residents from areas like Mashergarh, Hijaltala, Shiulitala and Digri. They covered their faces with towels, but were locals," Majumdar told reporters today, quoting directly from the findings of the three-member inquiry panel formed by the court.

Challenging the initial narrative put forth by the ruling party, Mr Majumdar, who is also Union Minister of state in the ministry of education and minister of state in the ministry of development of north eastern region said the so-called "outsider theory" has now collapsed under the weight of the committee's findings.