Kolkata, May 05 (KMS): Soon after defeating Mamata Banerjee, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari made a communal remark, stating that Muslims largely supported Banerjee while Hindus and other communities backed him, and described the result as a “victory for Hindutva.”
According to Kashmir24, this comes after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari by a margin of 15,105 votes.
“Muslims voted for Mamata Banerjee, who wears a hijab,” Adhikari said.
Suvendu Adhikari said that “this is Mamata Banerjee’s retirement from politics… this time too she lost by over 15,000 votes,” adding that “Muslims voted for her openly; in Ward No. 77 all the Muslims who came out to vote voted for Mamata, while Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists blessed me and made me win,” and calling the result “a victory for Hindutva.”