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Protests over lynching of a Hindu man successful Bangladesh continued for the 3rd consecutive time connected Wednesday (December 24, 2025) successful West Bengal, with members of pro-Hindu organisations holding demonstrations astatine respective onshore ports on the Bangladesh borderline successful the State.
Protests were held astatine the Phulbari onshore larboard successful in Siliguri, Ghojadanga oregon Petrapole successful North 24 Parganas, Mahadipur successful Malda and Changrabandha successful Cooch Behar district, wherever supporters of Hindutva organisations marched to the onshore larboard with saffron flags. They were stopped by the Border Security Force unit earlier approaching the zero line.
BJP MLA Ashok Kirtania led a procession from Jayantipur Bazar towards the Petrapole border, which is the largest onshore larboard betwixt India and Bangladesh. “We are holding this procession to bring it to the announcement of Mohammad Yunus [chief advisor to Government of Bangladesh] that commercialized volition beryllium suspended if the concern successful Bangladesh continues similar this,” Mr. Kirtania said.
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The protests were organised by hindutva organisations similar Sanatani Eikya Mancha, but BJP leaders were seen starring the rallies and processions crossed antithetic districts of the State. Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has called for protests astatine onshore ports earlier this week and threatened to halt exports if the concern successful Bangladesh does not improve.
‘No interaction connected trade’
Petrapole successful North 24-Parganas unsocial accounts for astir 60% of land-based garment imports from Bangladesh and arsenic per the Land Port Authority of India, commercialized from Petrapole was implicit ₹30,420 crore successful 2023-24. Traders astatine Petrapole said the protestation did not interaction the commercialized which went connected smoothly.
Protests were not lone constricted to borderline outposts but BJP supporters tried to artifact the Howrah Bridge connected Wednesday (December 24, 2025). The police, however, stopped the BJP supporters earlier they could scope the Howrah Bridge. The protesters got into an statement and blocked the road. The protesters besides tried to breach the barricades and clashed with the police.
Demonstrations person started successful Kolkata and antithetic parts of West Bengal implicit the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, successful transportation with alleged blasphemy successful Baluka successful Bangladesh’s Mymensingh connected December 18.
Since Monday (December 22), respective protestation marches person been held by BJP supporters and Hindutva organisations who tried to laic siege adjacent the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission. Protests extracurricular the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission turned convulsive successful Kolkata connected Tuesday (December 23) arsenic the radical demonstrating tried to breach the barricades and constabulary utilized unit to forestall them.
The Kolkata Police had arrested 19 persons who included 7 women for their relation successful the protests extracurricular the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission connected Tuesday (December 23). The arrested were produced earlier a tribunal successful Kolkata connected Wednesday (December 24).
The BJP successful Delhi held a property league and described the enactment connected those protesting extracurricular the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission ‘height of appeasement’. BJP nationalist spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said protests were held successful antithetic parts of the country, including Delhi, against the lynching of a Hindu idiosyncratic successful Bangladesh but it was lone successful West Bengal wherever the constabulary resorted to lathi complaint connected the protesters.
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya slammed the Trinamool Congress authorities successful West Bengal and called it “anti-Hindu government”.
