India, Jan. 24 -- Union minister JP Nadda on Friday said that the Bengali community is not safe in West Bengal and the state needs to be 'rescued' from its troubles. The Trinamool Congress-ruled state is facing a crisis, the senior BJP leader said, speaking at a programme at the City Bengali Club. Referring to an earlier speaker's statement that the Bengali community in Madhya Pradesh was safer, Nadda said it underlined the fact that the community was not safe in West Bengal, which was ironic.

"Therefore, the time has come to send a message to Bengal that it needs a change. The Bengal that led the country is in trouble today. The entire country should stand with Bengal and we should rescue it from its troubles," Nadda added. While rememb...