Bhubaneswar: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has blamed the BJP and Bajrang Dal for the recent incident of violence in Cuttack.

Banerjee said that Cuttack is "burning" and accused the BJP of spreading communal tension.

“They (BJP) will finish off the country. I have seen many governments, but never such an arrogant and dictatorial one. Today they are in power, tomorrow they may not be. Nothing is permanent,” she said.

Reacting sharply to her comments, Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal said, “It’s not appropriate to comment on Mamata Banerjee, but everyone can see what’s happening in Bengal. She should rather focus on her own state.”

Senior BJP leader and Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan also criticised Banerjee, terming her remarks unfortunate and condemnable.

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