Lucknow, April 17 -- Senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh hit back strongly at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over her controversial remarks on Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

State BJP chief Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary accused Banerjee of leading a government of "anarchy and cruelty", and said West Bengal had become a symbol of lawlessness under her rule.

Chaudhary alleged that Banerjee had become a "leader of rioters" and often insulted Sanatan values, as he recalled how she once called the Mahakumbh a "death trap". He said Hindus in Bengal were now treated as second-class citizens, and the state was burning due to her failure to control violence.

He added that while the West Ben...