India, Oct. 29 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday slammed the Congress after a purported video, showing a party leader singing the Bangladesh national anthem at a district-level event in Assam, went viral on social media. The BJP alleged that the incident was part of a "coordinated effort to lure the vote bank", while the Congress defended it by saying it was an integral part of Bengali culture.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla accused the Congress of engaging in "competitive appeasement politics," which he said has led the Congress to "officially support Bangladeshi infiltrators" and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to "push for Jungle Raj and the rule of Sharia laws, despite claiming to stand by the Constitution".

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