Bengal assembly hits out at Centre over madrasa-JMB statement

The West Bengal assembly hit out at the Centre on Wednesday for telling the Parliament that there were inputs of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) using some madrasas in Burdwan and Murshidabad districts for radicalisation and recruitment activities.

Lawmakers cutting across party lines hit out at the Centre and decided to bring a joint motion in protest against the statement of Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday.

The ruling Trinamool Congress and the Congress called Reddy's comments in the Parliament in reply to a written question "politically motivated".

"This kind of comment made in Parliament is hurting the culture of the country. It is becoming a big threat to it," Education Minister and TMC general secretary Partha Chatterjee said. "Our police and the administration has taken a note of it. This kind of move is dangerous and must be stopped immediately."