As torrential rains battered North Bengal, causing deadly floods and landslides that claimed over 18 lives and left hundreds homeless, two leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Dr. Shankar Ghosh stepped into the disaster zone with relief materials and compassion.
But in Mamata Banerjee’s Bengal, compassion seems to have become a crime.
On October 6, the two elected representatives were brutally attacked by a mob of Trinamool Congress (TMC) goons near Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district. Stones were hurled at their vehicle as they distributed relief to stranded villagers. Within moments, what began as a humanitarian mission turned into a blood-soaked reminder of West Bengal’s political decay.
Khagen Murmu, a respected tribal leader and two-time BJP MP from Malda Uttar, was left bleeding from the head his face and clothes soaked in blood, as security personnel scrambled to get him medical help. The images, shared by BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya, have since gone viral, igniting national fury.
“TMC’s Jungle Raj in Bengal,” Malviya wrote, accusing the ruling party of “targeting BJP leaders for serving the people, while the Chief Minister danced at Kolkata’s carnival.”
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to react, expressing deep anguish and anger over the incident.
“The manner in which our Party colleagues, including a sitting MP and MLA, were attacked in West Bengal for serving people affected by floods and landslides is outright appalling,” PM Modi posted on X. “It highlights the insensitivity of the TMC as well as the absolutely pathetic law and order situation in the state.”
He urged the TMC government to “focus on helping people rather than indulging in violence” and praised BJP karyakartas for their relief efforts in flood-hit areas, encouraging them to “continue working among the people and assist the ongoing rescue operations.”
The manner in which our Party colleagues, including a sitting MP and MLA, were attacked in West Bengal for serving the people affected by floods and landslides is outright appalling. It highlights the insensitivity of the TMC as well as the absolutely pathetic law and order…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 6, 2025
West Bengal BJP President Dr. Sukanta Majumdar minced no words, calling Mamata Banerjee a failed leader who has turned Bengal into a playground for goons.
“While North Bengal was drowning, Mamata Banerjee was seen celebrating on the carnival stage at Red Road,” Majumdar said in a sharp statement. “Even after receiving news of the devastating floods and tragic loss of lives, she chose entertainment over empathy. This is not indifference it is fear. Fear of the BJP’s growing strength on the ground.”
Majumdar slammed the West Bengal police for standing by as mute spectators, allowing the mob attack to unfold in plain sight.
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“Two elected representatives of the BJP were assaulted in the presence of Mamata’s police. This is the TMC’s reign of terror — a jungle raj where criminals rule, and the police serve as political tools. The Chief Minister must answer: who protects the goons, and why are relief workers being attacked?”
He demanded immediate FIRs and strict action against those responsible, warning that “the people of Bengal will never forget this cowardice and cruelty.” Echoing the outrage, BJP National Spokesperson Dr Sambit Patra denounced the attack as part of a larger culture of political violence and impunity fostered by the TMC regime.
“Today in Bengal, while people were dying and villages were submerged, a respected tribal leader and two-time BJP MP Khagen Murmu was brutally attacked en route to help flood victims. Stone pelting and physical assault on an MP trying to help flood victims is unforgivable. This is not an accident; it is the outcome of TMC’s gundaraj and the complete collapse of law and order in Bengal,” Patra said.
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He reminded the public of Sandeshkhali’s horrific assault on women, and the endless scams from teacher recruitment to coal, cattle, and ration rackets that have exposed the moral bankruptcy of the TMC government.
“Bengal deserves leadership, not terror,” Patra added. “The TMC’s days of impunity are numbered. The world must see what Mamata Banerjee’s governance has become a mix of arrogance, anarchy, and apathy.”
The BJP’s official X handle shared a striking post where Mamata Banerjee was dancing at Kolkata’s carnival, and BJP leaders knee-deep in floodwaters, distributing relief in North Bengal.
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“Under Mamata Banerjee’s regime, law and order has collapsed. Anyone attempting to help people in distress is met with violence,” the post read. “The attack on Khagen Murmu, a respected tribal leader, shows TMC’s disdain for North Bengal’s people. What kind of government punishes compassion and rewards cruelty?”
For the “crime” of standing with the flood-ravaged people of North Bengal and distributing relief, BJP MLA Dr. Shankar Ghosh and Malda North MP Khagen Murmu were brutally attacked.
Stones were hurled at Khagen Murmu, a respected tribal leader, leaving him with a bleeding head… pic.twitter.com/WjE3IQ02mm
— BJP West Bengal (@BJP4Bengal) October 6, 2025
The Nagrakata assault is not an isolated event it fits a troubling pattern of political brutality in West Bengal. Since the 2021 Assembly elections, the state has witnessed repeated waves of post-poll violence, where BJP workers were killed, women were assaulted, and houses were torched, allegedly by TMC-backed mobs.
The Sandeshkhali episode, where women accused local TMC leaders of sexual exploitation and land grab, remains fresh in public memory. The same government that failed to protect those women has now failed to protect elected representatives.
North Bengal, where the BJP has strong support, has been deliberately neglected and targeted. “TMC treats tribals and North Bengal residents as second-class citizens,” said a senior BJP leader. “The attack on Khagen Murmu is not just political violence it is symbolic of the TMC’s contempt for the people of the region.”
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Despite the national uproar, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has maintained a deafening silence. No statement, no condemnation, no outreach to the victims or the flood-hit families. Her silence, amounts to complicity.
“When a Chief Minister refuses to speak out against violence, it sends one message she endorses it,” Majumdar said. “From Sandeshkhali to Nagrakata, from Kolkata’s scams to North Bengal’s bloodshed Mamata Banerjee has chosen silence over justice.” Her absence from the ground even as visuals of BJP leaders wading through water circulate widely has further alienated her government from public sympathy.
With over 18 people dead and thousands displaced, the floods have exposed the TMC’s administrative failure and moral decay. Relief work has been sporadic and uncoordinated, with reports emerging of politically controlled aid distribution and neglect of BJP-dominated areas.
