Purba Medinipur, Jan. 4 -- West Bengal legislative assembly LoP and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari welcomed the BCCI's directive to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to release Bangladeshi bowler Mustafizur Rahman from its 2026 IPL team, saying that whatever the BCCI did is in the interest of the nation.

"Whatever BCCI did is in the interest of the nation as the nation is above all..," the BJP leader told reporters on Sunday.

Furthermore, he held the Yunus government responsible for the unrestful situation in Bangladesh, highlighting that the Hindus are also being targeted under Mamata Banerjee's government, similar to that of Bangladesh.

"Yunus government is responsible for all these incidents. There, Hindus are being targeted here also, the M...