Kolkata, Dec. 26 -- All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday cornered the central government for the rise in right-wing extremism following incidents of targeted attacks against Christians on Christmas.

In a post on X, Abhishek Banerjee shared a 2002 video of a media conference featuring then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee advising then-Gujarat CM Narendra Modi that a representative of the people cannot differentiate between people. The press conference was held after the Gujarat Riots.

Banerjee flagged the issue of increasing attacks on Dalits, STs and minorities, accusing the centre of "deliberately poisoning" the climate of India.

"India's climate is being deliberately poisoned....