‘Against Constitution’: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari’s remark ‘Will throw Muslim MLAs out’ sparks row; TMC calls it ‘dangerous, provocative’ | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: State leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari sparked outrage on Tuesday by declaring BJP would “physically throw Muslim MLAs out of the assembly” after the party “forms the next govt” in Bengal that goes to polls in 2026.
Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh protested the remark, terming it “hate speech”. He said it was a criminal offence for constitutional post holders to make such remarks.

He also questioned Adhikari’s “mental stability” after the defection of BJP’s Haldia MLA Tapasi Mondal to Trinamool the previous day.
Adhikari, who was suspended from the assembly on Feb 17 till the end of budget session, labelled the Mamata govt “a communal administration that is behaving like the second version of Muslim League”. “The people of Bengal will uproot them this time,” he told reporters outside the assembly.
‘Adhikari’s comment is dangerous, provocative’
Bengal BJP netas refused to comment on Adhikari’s statements. Speaking to reporters, Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said: “This is an extremely objectionable statement. The Bengal opposition leader can’t discriminate in the name of religion. He cannot say MLAs from a particular religion will be thrown out physically. This cannot happen… this cannot be said… This mentality is not good.”
Ghosh added: “In Parliament or state assemblies, there can be debate and arguments. But to rake up religion and target MLAs belonging to a specific community is contrary to the Indian Constitution… Pushed to the wall, the leader of opposition is making such statements due to his mental instability. This is dangerous, provocative and depraved. It is also a criminal offence.”
This is not the first time that Adhikari’s statements on religion have caused unease in his own party ranks.
After BJP’s poor show in Bengal in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Adhikari had called for an end to the ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ slogan, saying: “Stop this ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’. I will say ‘Jo hamare saath, hum unke saath’. We don’t need Minority Morcha.”
Bengal BJP netas had publicly disapproved of this comment.