CPI(M) on Tuesday accused BJP and ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal of communally polarising the people, saying it signalled a dangerous portend for the state which has not seen communal tension for several decades.
"The so-called clashes between the two parties are on the rise. What is dangerous is that both of them are trying to polarise the people on communal lines. They are fuelling each other so that they can sustain on that basis. Such a situation is something unforeseen in Bengal," CPI(M) Politburo member Surjya Kanta Mishra said in Kolkata.
His comments came after three persons were killed, several injured and a large number of houses burnt down as Trinamool Congress and BJP supporters fought pitched gun battle at Makra village in Birbhum district on Monday.