New Delhi, April 14 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party has launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the Murshidabad violence.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla has called it "a state-sponsored, state-protected, state-encouraged" attack on the Hindu community.

Speaking exclusively to ANI, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla said, "The West Bengal violence is a state-sponsored, state-protected, state-encouraged, targeted anti-Hindu violence. Instead of taking action, Mamata Banerjee and her government are not only shielding the rioters but also humiliating the victims from the Hindu community."

He also accused Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh of giving a clean chit to riot...