Even as Centre seeks report for Malda violence, Mamata Banerjee says no communal tension in Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday said there is no communal tension in the state.

Banerjee, who was speaking at Bengal Global Business Summit here, said unity in diversity is the mantra of the TMC regime.

She also claimed that the Maoist violence has come down in West Bengal.

"Even the people residing in the hills are smiling. There is no tension," she said.

Mamata's assertion comes a day after Centre asked report from West Bengal government on the recent violence in Malda district which has led to communal tension in the area. "The Home Ministry has sought the report from the state government. They should submit it as early as possible," a senior official said. A mob protesting against the alleged blasphemous comments by a right wing leader had recently resorted to violence in Malda during which Kaliachak police station was reportedly attacked, he said. 

The opposition parties have squarely blamed the state government alleging that law and order situation has been steadily worsening  in Bengal. 

With Agency inputs