In a chilling display of political recklessness, Trinamool Congress MP Bapi Haldar has been caught on camera issuing violent, communal threats during a public rally—a speech that has now gone viral and added fuel to the already volatile atmosphere in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.
At a time when the state is reeling from deadly communal clashes—where Hindu families have been driven from their homes, their shops looted, and their lives shattered—TMC leaders are not calling for calm. Instead, they are stoking the fire.
In the video, Bapi Haldar is clearly heard making a blood-curdling threat, inciting his audience to commit violent acts in the name of protecting Waqf properties. “We have a small problem in Murshidabad. I am requesting, please don’t take law in your hands. CM Mamata Banerjee is always by your side. The duty to protect your fathers’ and grandfathers’ burial is both yours and ours. The properties owned by Waqf is not anyone’s personal, it belongs to a community. If anyone even looks at the Waqf properties, gouge out his eyes and break his limbs,” Haldar declared.
The fanatical, fundamentalist jihadi groups who, under the pretense of protesting against the Waqf Amendment Act, are continuously attempting to erase the existence of Hindus and are even throwing petrol bombs at the @BSF_India jawans—who is directly supporting them? This… pic.twitter.com/HZ5oiSWqIF
— Dr. Sukanta Majumdar (@DrSukantaBJP) April 13, 2025
This wasn’t a slip of the tongue. It was a public call to violence from a sitting MP, amid a communal cauldron already on the verge of boiling over. This is not just irresponsibility—it is incitement.
Reacting to the viral video, West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar condemned Haldar’s threats, asserting that they were aimed at Hindu civilians who are being falsely accused and violently targeted amid the unrest over the Waqf Amendment Act.
“This speech is terrifying. The fanatical, fundamentalist jihadi groups who, under the pretense of protesting against the Waqf Amendment Act, are continuously attempting to erase the existence of Hindus—throwing petrol bombs, burning homes—are now being openly encouraged by a TMC MP. The MP is making it absolutely clear!” Majumdar posted on social media.
He further blasted the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC regime for protecting hate speech and enabling violence through deliberate inaction. “What action has this cowardly government taken against this individual? None. The responsibility for this barbarism lies squarely with the failed administration,” he said.
This is not an isolated episode. It is part of a larger pattern of appeasement and provocation that has become the hallmark of Mamata Banerjee’s regime—where Hindu voices are silenced, radical elements are emboldened, and any criticism is deflected in the name of secularism.
Despite the national outcry, neither Bapi Haldar nor the Trinamool Congress has issued a single word of clarification or apology for this dangerous rhetoric. The silence is telling.
In the current atmosphere, where radical mobs are attacking Hindu homes under the guise of Waqf protests in Murshidabad, such statements from ruling party leaders are nothing short of a green light for more violence.
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