Kolkata, April 13 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers on Sunday staged a protest in Kolkata, targeting the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the recent violence in Murshidabad and the alleged corruption in the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment.

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari, Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar, and other senior BJP leaders participated in the protest, which marched from College Square to Dharmatala.

Addressing the gathering, Suvendu Adhikari said, "In recent days, the state has witnessed violence worse than what we saw in 2019 during the anti-CAA protests. Hindus are being targeted and killed, shops looted, temples vandalised, and the police are mere spectators....