Petitions were moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking deployment of the Army in view of violent protests in Howrah, Murshidabad and Nadia districts against controversial comments by the sacked BJP spokesperson and expelled leader Naveen Jindal on Prophet Mohammad.
BJP national president J P Nadda's visit to West Bengal is significant as the state BJP unit, which is still licking its wounds after the defeat in the Assembly polls held in 2021, is plagued by infighting and exodus to the ruling Trinamool Congress.