The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, protesting near the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata.
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Demonstrations outside the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata turned violent on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) as protestors tried to breach barricades, and police used force to prevent them. Several people were injured in the police action, protesters claimed. This is the second day of protests at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission office in Kolkata, over the lynching of Bangladeshi Hindu youth Dipu Das.
The protest march titled Hindu Hunkar Padayatra was organised under the banner of Bongiyo Hindu Jagaran. The march started from the Sealdah area of the city and proceeded towards the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission office in the Beckbagan area. A huge police force has been deployed near the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission office which tried to prevent the crowd which comprised youths and men draped in saffron from advancing. The protesters shouted Hindu Hindu Bhai Bhai, and “safety for Hindus in Bangladesh”.
Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, held a press conference and said that the police action against the protesters proved that there is no difference between Mamata Banerjee’s government and Mohammad Yunus’s government in Bangladesh.
In a social media post, the BJP leader shared videos of injured protesters and “over a dozen injured, countless arrested, all for daring to be Hindu in our own homeland.”
Unleashed hell
“They (the police) unleashed hell. Barricades smashed, lathis swung like swords on defenceless protesters, women and elders dragged like criminals into prison vans, and blood spilled on Kolkata’s streets… Chaos reigned, and the Mamata Police, under orders from the ‘Appeasement Queen’ herself, who seems to be a well-wisher of the Yunus Regime, declared this peaceful and righteous protest illegal.” Mr. Adhikari said. The LOP has called for protests at the Bangladesh border later this month.
Ever since violence erupted in Bangladesh, the West Bengal BJP leadership has been trying to draw a parallel between the situation in Bangladesh and West Bengal. The BJP has raised its pitch after the lynching of Hindu youth Dipu Das and has compared it with the communal violence in Murshidabad.
Well known actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Monday released a video statement saying, “We will not allow West Bengal to become Bangladesh!”
Published – December 24, 2025 12:12 am IST
