Murshidabad, April 15 -- Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday visited the violence-hit area in Murshidabad that bore the brunt of rioters during the protest of the Muslim community against the Waqf Amendment Act on April 11 and forced the affected people to leave their homes to safer places.

Speaking to the media, Chowdhury said that Murshidabad is being misrepresented, as Hindus and Muslims have lived in harmony there.

"It is very sad to see this. Murshidabad is not the way it is being depicted. I have grown up here; the city is not the way it is being shown. Hindu and Muslims have been living here in harmony. Someone from outside can cause an incident, but that does not mean our Murshidabad district has become a communal ...