North 24 Parganas, April 20 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Agnimitra Paul called the Murshidabad violence as ethnic cleansing and alleged that the violence was state-sponsored terrorism under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Agnimitra Paul said, "If the Women's Commission and the people there are saying that they want Article 356 (President's rule), it means that there is a need for it. Whatever happened in Murshidabad was not communal riots because riots happen from both sides. This was ethnic cleansing. The agenda was to remove Hindus from West Bengal. This is state-sponsored terrorism, which is being done by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. When people are demanding President's rule, then the situation is critical."

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