BJP lighting 'naked pyres of terror' in Bengal, claims Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee visited the house of a slain party worker here on Thursday and lambasted the BJP, claiming that it was lighting "naked pyres of terror" in the state.

Banerjee accused the BJP of killing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker, Nirmal Kundu, a charge denied by the saffron party.

"The BJP is lighting naked pyres of terror at places where we have won (in the Lok Sabha election). They are also trying to demean the Bengali culture," she said.

The saffron party was yet to win the Assembly election in the state and it got only 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats, that too, by resorting to malpractices, the TMC chief said.

Banerjee has been alleging tampering of electronic voting machines (EVMs) during the general election.

"Why the party (BJP) is carrying out atrocities like killing people? What kind of politics is this?," she asked, while talking to reporters outside Kundu's residence.

Bengal is not a place for violence and terror, the chief minister said, adding, "It is a place for peace and tranquility."