Asansol, Dec. 6 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday accused the BJP of repeatedly using religion to provoke voters, while praising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's leadership and popularity across the state.

His remarks come after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of deliberately fuelling religious polarisation in the state by allowing suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir to polarise Muslims, after he laid the foundation stone for the construction of Babri Masjid in Murshidabad, earlier today.

Reacting to this, Sinha said, "I am a person who believes in sarvadharma sambhav... Asansol is a city of brotherhood... People from every province live to...