Malda, April 14 -- Union Minister and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday expressed concern over the tense situation in Murshidabad, stating that the deployment of central forces, such as the CRPF, could help improve the situation.

Majumdar also urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to request central assistance to maintain peace and normalcy.

"The situation is very tense and bad. The situation can be improved by keeping the central force here for a long time. I will request the Chief Minister to take the initiative and ask the Center to deploy CRPF here and the central force should stay here until the situation becomes normal... Our demand is that peace should be established, the state government should take...