Ram Navami: Blast occurs at rally in Bengal's Murshidabad, one injured

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ALSO READ: Sandeshkhali violence: ‘Hotbed of communal riots’, Mamata Banerjee blames BJP for inciting conflict| 10 updates Earlier in the day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to the citizens "to maintain peace, prosperity and development for all". A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) criticised the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief for “asking to maintain peace rather than “given the message of peace".

Meanwhile, BJP leader Amit Malviya that last year, on Ram Navami, West Bengal witnessed large scale violence. "It was also, in parts, because Mamata Banerjee gave provocative communal speeches, just before the celebrations," he alleged.

ALSO READ: West Bengal news: Violence erupts between TMC and BJP workers in Durgapur | Watch video Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee had for past two days alleged that the BJP will use Ram Navami festivities to engineer clashes between two groups ahead of the first phase elections on April 19 and pave the way for NIA investigation to embarrass her party cadre and cautioned the people not to fall in BJP's trap, news agency PTI reported. Leaders of both ruling TMC and opposition (in Bengal) BJP marched along with hundreds of participants as Ram Navami processions were taken out across West Bengal on Wednesday.