‘Sipping Tea As Bengal Burns’: BJP Trains Guns At Trinamool MP Yusuf Pathan Over Murshidabad Violence

Last update:April 13, 2025, 11:16 ISST

The controversy revolves around a recently Instagram post of the former Cricket Pathan player, who shared a photo of himself with a white shirt and pants, taking a cup of tea.

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The BJP threw an offensive scathing against the deputy of Trinamool, Yusuf Pathan, on Sunday, accusing him of “drinking tea” casually, while parts of Murshidabad staggered under chaos and destruction during violent protests against command).

At least three people lost their lives and about a disease police staff were injured as violence of the mafia, fires caused, and police shots were reported in multiple areas of the district, including Samerganj, Suti, Dhuliyan and Jangipur.

“The deputy of Trinamool, Yusuf Pathan, is drinking tea while Bengal is burning in the name of the Anti-Waqf protest. He is immersing himself at the time while the Hindus are being attacked,” said BJP leader, Shehzad Poonowalla in an X position.

Pashan, a former Cricket player and a member of Parliament, repeats the Berhampore Constitution, one of the three parliamentary constitutions (PC) in the Murshidabad district. The other two PC, Murshidabad and Jangipur, are represented by Abu Taher Khan and Khalilur Rahaman de TMC, respectively.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Pathan won a radical victory with a margin or 85,022 votes, defeating his closest contestants. According to the Electoral Commission, Pathan won 5.24,516 votes, while the twice deputy of Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury obtained 4.39,494 votes, and Dr. Nirmal Saha de Bjps received 3.71,885.

Yusuf Pathan Instagram Post

The controversy revolves around a recently Instagram post of the former Cricket Pathan player, who shared a photo of himself with a white shirt and pants, taking a cup of tea.

“Easy after, good chai and a quiet environment. Simply immersing himself at the time,” says the title of his position that was shared at the social media site on April 12.

Murshidabad disturbances

The protest against the WAQF law became violent in several western Bengal pockets, including Murshidabad, on Friday when the agitators set fire to the vehicles, collided with security forces and interrupted road and rail trafficking.

In the Suti of Murshidabad, the protesters gathered despite the prohibition orders, organizing demonstrations, throwing stones at the police and burning police vehicles and buses.

As the violence that exploded after Friday’s prayers continued on a second day, the Superior Court of Calcutta ordered the deployment or paramilitary forces in sensitive areas on Saturday, stating that “it cannot ignore vandalism reports.”

BJPS Big Charge

Bengal BJP leaders alleged on Sunday that several Bengali Hindus living in different Murshidabad pockets, including Dhulian, were forced to leave their homes and take refuge in the facilities of the parallel high school in Malda.

“See the miserable destiny of Bengali Hindus in West Bengal, the ‘Hindu homeland’ created by Shyama Prasad Mukherjee!

“Several families of Dhulian, Murshidabad, have been forced to leave the houses and take refuge in the facilities of the parallel high school in Malda due to the harassment of radical fundamentalists,” he added.

The opposition leader of Western Bengala and the leader of BJP, Suvendu Adhikari, echoed the same statement, saying: “More than 400 Hindus of Dhulian, Murshidabad, promoted by the fear of fans of religious ducts, was forced through the river and took the school the Pab that great deonapur-sovapur, Baisnabnagar, Malda “.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee urged people to maintain the situation of the law and order in the State and blamed “some political parties” for “trying to misuse religion for political gin.”