Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Surendra Singh has compared West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to "a demon", accusing her of protecting those "who killed thousands of Hindus".
"In a democratic system, Mamata Banerjee has pure traits of a demon. She has no values or characteristics of women," the Bariya MLA told reporters on Monday.
When questioned about Banerjee's opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, he said, "She is giving protection to those who killed thousands of Hindus. We can only call such a leader a demon."
Singh said, "The BJP is a party of devtas and SP, BSP and TDP are parties belonging to 'rakshas' (demons)".
Giving protection to terrorists means protecting demons, he added.
On the Yogi Adityanath government's decision to implement the police commissionerate system in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP leader said no system can make a change until officers, workers and leaders are not sensitive towards society.
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Surendra Singh is no stranger to vitriolic utterances. In 2018, Surendra Singh had declared the "2019 Lok Sabha elections would be fought on the lines of 'Islam versus Bhagwan' and 'Pakistan versus India'.”
He had then also spoken in support of Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a BJP MLA, accused of raping a minor. Sengar was convicted of the crime and sentenced in December 2019.
