Kolkata, April 16 -- As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met with muslim clerics in Kolkata, amid protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, state Assembly's Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari claimed on Wednesday that the CM is "instigating people" to go to Delhi and shut down the national capital.

"It was a facilitated meeting. These people are rioters, the ones who did communal clash in Mothabari, they are being uplifted, Mamata Banerjee is instigating them to go to Delhi and shut down Delhi. To go to Delhi, you have to go through Uttar Pradesh. Mamata Banerjee is not in power in Delhi, Bihar and UP," the BJP leader told ANI in Kolkata.

His comments come after the Bengal CM met with prominent muslim clerics and religious...